How can I convert it to an integer aslong as it is only a number in the string?
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:19:40 -0400, John Holmes
<holmes072000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> GH wrote:
>
> > Now I m perplexed time 10!
> >
> > I run the code that follows.... this time providing a query string
> > of admin_template.php?api=101
> >
> > I have an if statement that tests if $_GET['api'] == 0 .... if it is
> > true I have it listing options, else it queries the database with that
> > ID and loads the associated file.
>
> You have a lot more tests than that...
>
> > However it does not seem to execute the else....
> >
> > I: thought that the value may of been wrong so I used echo
> > $_GET['api']; and it returned 101
>
> use var_dump($_GET['api']) and it may give you a clue. Your is_int()
> test is going to fail each time because anything passed through $_GET or
> $_POST is a string.
>
> FYI, you could essentially replace all of those tests you do on
> $_GET['api'] with
>
> if(empty($_GET['api']))
> {
> echo 'bad value';
> //or select everything from table ?
> }
> else
> {
> $input['api'] = (int)$_GET['api'];
> $query = "SELECT * FROM yourtable WHERE api = {$input['api']}";
> ...
> }
>
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