Thanks Jim!! I did read the manual and don't get it, like why is printf used and not echo...how do you decided which to use? On 7/16/09 11:25 AM, "Jim Lucas" <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: printf( '<a href="view.php?name=%s"><b>%s</b><br />%s<br /><br /></a>', $row['name'], $row['name'], $row['address'] ); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php