No good. I made the change to this (note the echo ping statements) /////////////////// start <?PHP $test='this is test'; echo $test; echo '<br>ping 1<br>'; $test2=str_split($test); echo 'ping 2<br>'; echo '<pre>'; for($i=0;$i<count($test2);$i++) { print_r($test2[$i]); } echo '</pre>'; ?> /////////////////// end result is now ///////////////// this is test ping 1 ///////////////// "Greg Donald" <destiney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ea9da26c050121102849a9c9e8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:07:34 -0600, chris <chrisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> $test2=str_split($test); > > Do echo '<pre>'; print_r( $test2 ); right here and see if the $test2 > array has the data you expect. > > > -- > Greg Donald > Zend Certified Engineer > http://destiney.com/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.817 / Virus Database: 555 - Release Date: 12/15/2004 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php