Comparing Variables

[Mad_T]

Hi

I have 2 Variables $a & $b both are strings.

$a contains 800
$b contains 2345

How do I compare the two as numbers.
eg: if $b < $a etc..

Ideally I'd also like to pad both variables to 4 digits so 800 -> 0800

Thanks

[bradgrafelman]

Mad_T;10998808 wrote:

How do I compare the two as numbers.
eg: if $b < $a etc..

Exactly as you've written it there (well, plus some ()'s). PHP is a loosely-typed language, and the necessary type juggling happens automatically when needed (see the manual page: [man]types.type-juggling[/man]).

Mad_T;10998808 wrote:

Ideally I'd also like to pad both variables to 4 digits so 800 -> 0800

I'm assuming you mean for display purposes only (e.g. treating them as strings and not numbers)? If so, that sounds like a job for [man]printf/man.

[Mad_T]

Thanks.
I though I couldn't compare like that if they were strings ?

I'll try it and see what happens !