Yeah.. you're comparing a string, 'NULL' with an integer 0. You're not comparing NULL with anything, you're comparing a string that contains the word 'NULL'. You can use === to do an exact comparison without conversion. echo intval('NULL'); intval('NULL') === 0 = = = Original message = = = Run this code: <? if( 0 == 'NULL' ) echo "'NULL' == 0<br>"; else echo "'NULL' != 0<br>"; ?> Is this just a case of PHP converting variable types for comparison? thnx, Chris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php