[snip] if($error) { echo $errorMessage; // for testing error message is displayed to screen echo"<script language=\"JavaScript\">alert('$errorMessage');</script>"; } [/snip] What does $error contain? Echo it's output to the screen too, for testing. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php