[snip] $sql = "SELECT `User_name` AND `User_pass` FROM `user` WHERE `User_name` = '$_POST['user_id']' AND '$_POST['user_id']' "; [/snip] echo $sql; //to see the query and check the syntax $sql = "SELECT `User_name` AND `User_pass` FROM `user` WHERE `User_name` = '" . $_POST['user_id'] . "' AND '" . $_POST['user_id'] . "' "; Your variables may not be parsed due to the single quotes. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php