note 77398 added to function.strpos

@Wagner Christian: Yes, there are better methods. The best is to just cast is. You cast like this: <?php $id = 1; $string = (string) $id; ?> If you var_dump() $string now you get the following output: string(1) "1" This is the recommended method. You're example should look like this then: <?php $id = 1; $my_text = "hel124lo"; $first_position =strpos($my_text , (string) $id); ?> ---- Server IP: 83.137.20.107 Probable Submitter: 86.86.160.207 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/77398 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77398/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77398/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77398/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77398/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77398/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77398/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77398 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/77398 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php