Hi Jim, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 5:47:29 PM, you wrote: > Jim Lucas wrote: >>> $userparam = "test['sam'][]"; > then what you are saying it that this HAS to be your search string? Heck no, it doesn't *have* to be. Feel free to remove the quotes from it and then attempt my original question again. It's still not as simple as an isset() or count() call. (but boy I wish it was!) Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window" -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php