transform "23" into 23 (alpha to int )

[Anon]

Hi !

I have this little problem that is turning into a big problem:

How can I transform a string into a integer so that the string "23" turns into the integer 23 ?

thanks a lot!

[smarlowe]

If the string includes the quotes, i.e. it was built like this:

$string="\"23\"";

Then you need to replace the "s with nothing so that it can be seen as a number, otherwise PHP is not a strongly typed language, so if you built it this way:

$string="23";
print $string+10;

should print 33 on the screen. Try it, it worked on my box.

[icaro]

in php it is very easy.. all you need to do is request to your string to be an integer..
$str = "23";
$result = $str + 2;
// now $result = 25 integer

if you want to be sure that your $str var is an integer, do:
$str = "23";
$str = (int) $str;
// now $str = 23 integer

php is very smart with that:
$value = "33.0 years" + 1.0;
// so $value = 34.0 float

you can convert all types in all other types:
(int), (integer)
(real), (double), (float)
(string)
(array)
(object)