com4@antitech:~$ cat test.php
<?
$maxCase = "2005-22";
list( $year, $caseNo ) = split ("-", $maxCase);
print "$caseNo\n";
$caseNo++;
print "!! $caseNo\n";
?>
com4@antitech:~$ php-cgi test.php
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.4.2-1build1
Content-type: text/html

22
!! 23