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solved using: if($xmldata->SearchResult->ItemArray){ <<do stuff>> } else{ <<don't do stuff>> } ben

hi, I'm analysing each "Item" part of an object created using "simplexml_load_file()" with a foreach loop, but I want to check at least one "Item" component exists before doing this. Pseudo and real code follow: $xml = simplexml_load_file($urlfile); foreach($xml->SearchResult->ItemArray->Item as $item) { <<do stuff on $item>> } any help is......helpful lol thanks ben

intval code worked!!! thanks v much i was beginning to think I should have sticked with c++ lol thanks again, ben

hi all, im trying to add two strings taken from ebay in the format "7.88", "0.23", "3", etc. using the ordinary '+' operator the result is unpredictably wrong i do not know why this happens, but I have heard of loss of presision when using floating point numbers?! any help would be appreciated examples are: P=£0.99 | S=£6.99 | T=£.00 P=£0.99 | S=£5.99 | T=£1.00 P=£0.95 | S=£7.95 | T=£2.00 where T should be P add S thanks, Ben