Hi list. Basically, I'm still learning new things about php and I was wondering if things inside an if statement get 'looked at' by a script if the condition is false. For example, would this mysql query get executed if $number = 0 ? If ($number == 1) { mysql_query($blah) } I know that's not really valid php, but hope it gets my point across. I was just wondering from an optimisation perspective, as I don't want sql commands being executed when they don't need to be (unnecessary server usage). Thanks in advance for your responses. Alex. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php