On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:33:23 +0200, Brian Etheridge <Brian.Etheridge@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Heard of a check box :) I agree that if you end up with this solution then you are probly solving the wrong problem. (Before doing anything in programming ask yourself this: 1. Am I solving the problem right? 2. Am I solving the right problem?) This string comparison approach is pretty cumbersome to write. (Particularly on the html side.) In a file a boolean is best stored as a integer. 0 means false all other values true. Now the boolean is (val != 0). (1 typically denotes true.. but -1 is also sometimes used) > Hi Sylvano, > I think you will get very little response to your query because the > nature > of what you are trying to do is completely wrong. Back up a bit and > describe why you think you need to parse a string to determine true or > false. > > All I can think of is that you are posting a form with various selection > criteria obtained from several listboxes set to TRUE or FALSE. There > must > be a better way of handling the user interface, or these responses, > rather > than parsing them as strings. > > Give us a bit more information. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/saFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> PHP Data object relational mapping generator - http://www.meta-language.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
