[thelist] [PHP] variable conversion tip
Paul Bennett
paul at teltest.com
Thu Nov 6 17:16:15 CST 2003
<tip type="PHP and string->number conversion">
Having trouble getting PHP to treat string data (POST or GET) as a
number for a script calculation?
Multiply the data you are using in calculation by 1 and then use it -
this seems to tell PHP to treat the data as numeric
# sample code
$duration_in_seconds = ($HTTP_POST_VARS['p_duration'] * 1) * 60;
:)
</tip>
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