php rand() question

i have a form asking a user for a number and i want a rand number generated that would be = to or less the users numbers. I know the rand(min,max) works but what if i want max to be a number chosen on a form ? how would i code that. I tried entering the variable like this rand(0,$variable) but that does not work.

*sigh*

You haven't given us any information to help you do what you want to do. What language are you working in? What code do you have so far? What exactly "does not work"?

its php and i fixed it already. it was just a problem using rand(). it was a problem using a variable as max and the fix was a spelling error (i know i should know better but it was a long day)

ps. It says in my topic php rand() question

For future reference, simply having 'php' in your topic title doesn't provide any context. You could be running the PHP on page-load, via AJAX, etc. Without seeing code, we can't just guess the problem.

Glad you got it figured out.