[snip] on which page of php.net can I find out what this code does? $a = $b? $a :"dian"; [/snip] It is a ternary IF statement...verbose if ($a = $b){ $a; } else { "dian"; } -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php