How can I ensure that a variable contains a postive integer number? I'm currently using this code: $number=(10000-$number); $number=(10000-$number); if ( $number<1 ) { $number=1; } But I'm sure that there is a better way. What would that be? Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/internet.html http://song-lirics.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php