note 88492 added to function.ord

Make sure that the parameter you are passing to the ord function is a string. <?php $num = 12345; // Incorrect usage of square bracket notation if(ord($num[0]) == 0) { echo "Not a valid ASCII character"; } // Using the substr method will account for any data type if(ord(substr($num,0,1)) == 0) { echo "Not a valid ASCII character"; } ?> ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 169.231.3.11 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ord.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/88492 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88492/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88492/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88492/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88492/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88492/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88492/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88492 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/88492 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php