Unneeded clutter, yes.. but I owe you an apology and since the mistake was public, I'll make the apology public as well. I use a 'universal' email checker called ePrompter. It does text-only, no HTML, so it filters out HTML messages, but have never had a problem with it filtering out braces, brackets, or any stuff like that. Even HTML tags used in text messages make it through ok I believe. Anyway, my apology for my screwup. See what you get for trusting technology? :) Best of luck! -TG = = = Original message = = = > Either your mail client is broken, or you're misquoting him on purpose: > > Using this string: > "$var1: $var2" > ....of course it doesn't work as some might expect. Thanks Chris, I already emailed him on private 'cause I didn't want to clutter the list unneeded. ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php