Hi, I am not sure why this won't work I am pretty sure I have done it before; if($error) { echo $errorMessage; // for testing error message is displayed to screen echo"<script language=\"JavaScript\">alert('$errorMessage');</script>"; } I am capturing all the errors from a form and then output them all at once Thanks for any help -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php