How do I force a value to be treated as a number?
Here's an example:
<?php
$value = (int) "25atoz";
$multiple = $value * $value;
echo "$multiple";
?>
This will print '625' to the screen. Using the word (int) ensures PHP creates an integer variable with a value of '25' - otherwise it would create a string variable.
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