So I'm writing this page (PHP Newbie here) and it checks to see if a var is set, if it isn't it spits out the form info like so: echo "<form action="myform.php" method="post">"; Now is there a way to 'wrap' that so I don't have to escape quotes? Something like perls 'qq' function is what I'm looking for. I tried a few different functions from the website, magic_quotes, addslashes, htmlspecial etc etc but none did what I was looking for Jeremy Pavleck Network Engineer - Systems Management IT Networks and Infrastructure Direct Line: 612-977-5881 Toll Free: 1-888-CAPELLA ext. 5881 Fax: 612-977-5053 E-mail: jeremy.pavleck@xxxxxxxxxxx Capella University 225 South 6th Street, 9th Floor Minneapolis, MN 55402 www.capella.edu -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php