Doh, of course! Just not thinking about the scope of the operator. If $var1 = 1, then !$var1 = 0.... Thanks everyone! George ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Rogers <trogers@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 17:01 Subject: Re: [PHP] ! and != To: George Langley <george.langley@xxxxxxx> Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hi, > > Thursday, April 23, 2009, 8:30:34 AM, you wrote: > GL> Hi > all. Maybe I'm just getting confused by all the > GL> languages I'm trying to work with! But, isn't: > > GL> if(!$var1 == $var2){ > > GL> the same thing as > > GL> if($var1 != $var2){ > > GL> #1 doesn't > work, #2 does. > GL> Thanks! > > > GL> George Langley Multimedia Developer Audio/Video Editor > GL> Musician, Arranger, Composer www.georgelangley.ca > > GL> "Too many choices, too little sleep." > > Use brackets to make them the same: > > if(!($var1 == $var2)) { > > -- > regards, > Tom > > George Langley Multimedia Developer Audio/Video Editor Musician, Arranger, Composer www.georgelangley.ca