>> because arithmetic operations with "Unknown" operands should result to "Unknown" ... in PHP "Unknown" values are represented by NaN, not NULL http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-nan.php but what surprises me is is_nan(6/0) = (bool)false (along with a warning) >> Now PHP uses NULL as a 0 (zero) for arithmetic I dont expect anything different, because intval(null) is 0. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php