> if(chop($comments) == "") { ... } //hope that helps. Well, chop() is an alias of rtrim(), so it won't work here for, say, trimming control characters at the end of the string like line feeds. trim() is actually the best bit here. Regards, Usamah -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php