Why doesn't this work?

[ScareCrowe]

I am trying to format a date that is grabbed from a class that returns a
timestamp. I can echo the variable and it prints correctly but if I pass it
to the date function it doesn't. I figured out that the number is passed
from the class as a string and not an integer. I thought I could just set
the type to integer and it would work, but it doesn't. I'm a little confused
because it really seems like I am saying the same thing both times but PHP
disagrees. Is there something I am missing here?
Thanks,
--ScareCrowe

Here is the script:
<?
$thistime=$abc->timeStats("Sta rtTime");// This would return '980126114' as a
string, value is from remote XML parsed with eregi (just FYI)
echo $thistime." => ".gettype($this time)."<br>\n"; //show the var type
settype($thisti me, "integer");//change var to integer
echo $thistime." => ".gettype($this time)."<br>\n";//show the var type
?>

returns:

980126114 => string
0 => integer

<?
$thistime="9801 26114";// here the value is explicit
echo $thistime." => ".gettype($this time)."<br>\n";//show the var type
settype($thisti me, "integer");//change var to integer
echo $thistime." => ".gettype($this time)."<br>\n";//show the var type
?>

returns:

980126114 => string
980126114 => integer




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[ScareCrowe]

Re: Why doesn't this work?

Figured it out! Was returning array[0] instead of array[1] from the class,
my dumbness!
Thanks,

--ScareCrowe




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