note 100798 added to language.types.integer

why not just this? <?php $number_of_digits = (int)strlen((string) $num); ?> the one problem is if the num has a decimal point in it, that will be counted as part of the length. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 96.54.51.184 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/100798 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100798/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100798/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100798/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100798/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100798/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100798/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100798 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/100798 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php