[snip] Hi, I just tried that, didn't make a difference, still not getting my expected output. > Try echo "$thedata".'@mdah.state.ms.us'; [/snip] Ooops, my bad, try echo $thedata .'@mdah.state.ms.us'; And please do not top post. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php