[snip] 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; } } [/snip] You have to save the .xls file as a .csv file, then you can open and getcsv -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php