Hello Ben, Friday, January 21, 2005, 12:01:09 PM, you wrote: BE> I seem to remember seing someone use a abreaviated form of a BE> if/them/else of the type that can be used in java. BE> It was something like BE> if ( a=b ) ? a=1 ; a=2; BE> Anybody know what the correct syntax is? It's called a ternary operator. $action = (empty($_POST['action'])) ? 'default' : $_POST['action']; In the PHP manual under Comparison Operators. Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php