how would u strip the path off of a variable? say that: $bob = "/home/s2music/b/bob.mp3"; I want bob just to be "bob.mp3"! how would I do that? ~Nick Couloute co-owner/Web Designer Sidekick2Music.Com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php