Set your string to an array and use the elements in your query. Jef -----Original Message----- From: sam [mailto:php@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 6:53 AM To: PHP Subject: parsing out quoted text $str='bass "electric organ" bagpipes'; $parser($str); $query="SELECT * FROM table WHERE tb_instr = "bass" > AND tb_instr = "electric organ" //<<quoted phrase > AND tb_instr = "bagpipes"; Anybody know where I can just copy code that will do the above? thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php