Regardless of how you use your database, here you can read about type juggling/casting:
http://www.php.net/language.types.type-juggling Quoting Marek Kilimajer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does it work now? > > It should not matter, because if you use $date in your sql statement: > > $sql = "update table set `date` = '$date'"; > > $date is converted (back) to string. > > Adam Williams wrote --- napísal:: > > eh nevermind, I found settype(); > > > > :) thanks > > > > On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Adam Williams wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, I have a variable that is created using the date command: > >> > >>$date = date("Ymd"); > >> > >>but its not working in my database this way (when I explicity enter > >>20040614 in my database, it works though). so I think PHP is making $date > >>a character variable, so how can I force or change the caste of $date to > >>force it to be an integer variable? thanks > >> > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
