Re: [SOAP] Forcing int to String

Found an answer to my problem. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=4349451 Thanks.. Jared On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 13:42, Chris Boget wrote: > > Hi, I am running a webservice using, nusoap. I am passing a 10 Digit > > Telephone number, and am getting back, '2146483647'. I know that this > > is the highest value of an Integer on a 32 bit platform, and thats is > > where '2146483647' is coming from. > > What I want to know, is how do I force the Number passed to nusoap to a > > string, instead of an Integer.. I have tried TypeCasting, > > strval($number). It still always returns '2146482647'. > > I don't know if this has been talked about, I searched and Nothing came > > up, can someone give me a hand.? > > How are you storing the phone number on the back end? Alternately, how > are you processing it? One way to ensure that a (numerical) phone number > is treated as a string, especially by PHP, is to add some [string] characters. > ie, convert > > 5551231234 > > to > > (555)123-1234 > > or > > 555-123-1234 > > or however you want to do it. And process it accordingly on the server. But > the point being that when PHP looks at that value, it will definitely see a string > and not an int. > > Just a thought. > > Chris >