<clip> > There will always be edge cases. Being able to increment > strings is pretty handy when you need to create sequences for unique file > and directory names. > > For example, this also works: > > $filename = "file1"; > $filename++; > echo $filename; > > You would get "file2" from this. Think about the > amount of code you would need to write in C to make that work? > > Then change $filename to "fileA" and increment it. > And you get "fileB". > When we get to "fileZ" we don't want to go off > into unprintable > character land, we want to try to stick with the > pattern. </clip> Hmmm, didnt know about the $filename++; thingy, I used to do things the hard (C) way. Learnt something new...thanks! Cheers, Ryan ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
