PHP: If negative then zero

I don't think so, but even if there was, it wouldn't be any faster than

($x >= 0) ? $x : 0;

That's just about as quick as you can get right there.

Is there a particular reason that won't work? Maybe I can suggest a workaround.

That does, but the problem is length on the line of code. (designer in me)

Here is a snippet of code:
($totalchars-strlen($title) > 0 ? $totalchars-strlen($title) : 0))

Would be nicer as
phpfun ($totalchars-strlen($title) )

Its not a big deal in this case but I may end up reusing this, so before I right a function I just want to ensure php did'nt have one already.

($totalchars>strlen($title) ? $totalchars-strlen($title) : 0)
is slightly shorter than
($totalchars-strlen($title) > 0 ? $totalchars-strlen($title) : 0)

I don't think you can get any simpler than that though.

If you want even shorter, where simplicity is less of an issue, then there's this option:
(($x = $totalchars-strlen($title)) > 0 ? $x : 0)

"You da man" yoder

Nice job.

Actually, I'm 'da woman', but thanks :)

Good one Yodercm.  i could not think out of the obvious.  :-)

Brilliant, exactly what I was looking for.