In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Brandon Orther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You will want to apply a cast to the variables to force the addition to be dealing with numbers. So, if $var1 = "2" and $var2 = "3", then $var3 = (int) $var1 + (int) $var2; print($var3); will show 5 see: http://www.php.net/manual/language.types.type-juggling.php Jeff > I have 2 variables, and I want them to add with each other. But all I > get is the first variable and then the second variable. Here is and > example: > > ------------------------ > $var1 = "2"; > $var2 = "3"; > > $var3 = $var1 + $var2; > > echo "$var3"; > > OUTPUT = 23 > ------------------------ > > Does anyone know how I can forces them to add? > > Thank you, > > -------------------------------------------- > Brandon Orther WebIntellects Design/Development Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 800-994-6364 > www.webintellects.com > -------------------------------------------- > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]