Olivier Dobberkau wrote: >> if(ctype_digit("123")) echo "yes, every digit is a decimal digit"; > > funnily your script works! > i will look into the typo3 class... maybe an error there. Maybe a caching error? Try disabling it. - michael -- Use a newsreader! Check out http://typo3.org/community/mailing-lists/use-a-news-reader/