Sudhakar wrote: > if( strlen(trim($name) == 0 ) || !preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z ]+$/x', $name) ) > { > $error.="Name is blank or has special characters "; > } You have messed up the brackets. This - strlen(trim($name) == 0 ) should be - strlen(trim($name)) == 0 Then the script does what you want. Iv -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php