Hi, Thanks for the reply. It shows ÐÏࡱá\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\þÿ etc. source code I used is $handle = fopen ("file.xls","r"); while ($data = fgetcsv ($handle, 1000, ",")) { $num = count($data); for ($c=0; $c < $num ; $c++) { $str_email = $data[$c]; echo $str_email; } } Binoy ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ Sent via the WebMail system at softwareassociates.co.uk --- Scanned by MessageExchange.net (13:55:17 SPITFIRE) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php