<!-- SNIP --> > Does the ! reverse the empty in this case? such as !empty = not empty? You definitely have to go walk the plank now... You have to go back and re-write code and make it more compact now, right? tsk, tsk. I thought we taught you better then that. ! is the NOT operator in many languages. So instead of something like this: if ($employee_login == "true" || $employee_loggin == "break") You could do: if ($employee_login != "off") Don't worry, it should be quick, we've been chumming the water. ;) HTH, Wolf -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php