[snip] Do you have to use ereg? The preg_match pattern I posted works fine. It will return an array, first element being the whole string it matched, next element will be what it matched _inside_ the parentheses (less the parentheses) (if it matches anything that is). [/snip] Thanks John....the brain fart continued. I was echoing $regs[0] instead of $regs[1]....too many hours, not enough caffeine or sleep. I am getting too old.... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php