> if( !function_exists('clean_sql_term') ) > { > function clean_sql_term($term) { > return $term; > } > } > > beautiful > hi Nathan, Nice find. You have found a very useful function. Here is how I use it to load needed PHP files that declares the function. if (!function_exists('clean_sql_term')) { require 'module.php'; } clean_sql_term($term); Above code makes sure that the function is available. Really beautiful, though jurassic but useful. Cheers, Virgil http://www.jampmark.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php