This will be my last post on this thread of discussion. Thanks to all who replied, I have it figured out. I guess my only problem with the way the !== and === operators work in this situation is this: Logic dictates that if something evaluates to NOT FALSE it must be TRUE. Regardless of the type, regardless of the species, breed, flavor etc. if !== evaluates to TRUE then === should also under the same conditions (all other things being equal) if !== evaluates an integer 0 to TRUE, so should ===, it can't be true and still return a false value. The !== and === operators work differently, they should be complimentary. Sorry if all this has inconvenienced anyone. Cheers, Michael -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php