note 26745 modified in function.intval by maxim

intvar() will take a variable an chop off everything when it hits a non-int character For example: $var=intval("122a5"); //$var==122 example 2: $var=intval("122.5"); //$var==122 This is nice if you want to turn a double into an int automatically rounding down [editor note: Functions ceil() and floor() should be used to turn floats into integers Maxim] --was-- intvar() will take a variable an chop off everything when it hits a non-int character For example: $var=intval("122a5"); //$var==122 example 2: $var=intval("122.5"); //$var==122 This is nice if you want to turn a double into an int automatically rounding down http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.intval.php