# Coverting a (php)variable to numeric value in flash
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coverting-a-php-variable-to-numeric-value-in-flash/57483
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 13, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coverting-a-php-variable-to-numeric-value-in-flash/57483 "2004-07-13T18:17:50Z")
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### Author:  [@beenetto](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/beenetto)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coverting-a-php-variable-to-numeric-value-in-flash/57483/1 "2004-07-13T18:17:50Z")
ok,
I got this script from axis100 yesterday
(php)
// Open directory
$myDirectory = opendir(“path o\directory”);
// get each entry
while($entryName = readdir($myDirectory))
{
$dirArray[] = $entryName;
}
// close directory
closedir($myDirectory);
// count elements in array
$indexCount = (count($dirArray));
// return the amount of files in the directory to flash with :
print “&myVariable=” . urlencode($indexCount+1);
(…and this is the flash part)
dirCount = new LoadVars(); dirCount.load(“http://path\_to/listdirectory.php”);
dirCount.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
\_root.myVariable = this.myVariable;
} else {
trace(“directory listing error”);
}
}
its working fine long as I onli display the number, but my problem is that I need myVariable to be a numeric value in flash. I’ve tried
Number(myVariable), but when I trace it it returns: NAN
Does anybody has an idea why and how to convert it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coverting-a-php-variable-to-numeric-value-in-flash/57483/2 "2004-07-13T19:01:57Z")
use parseInt(). here’s an example:
[AS]
var myString = “33”;
var myNumber = parseInt(myString);
[/AS]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coverting-a-php-variable-to-numeric-value-in-flash/57483/3 "2004-07-13T23:27:57Z")
It’s just what i needed!
thanks, it works just fine.