Another technique could be. $s = $mydata->restored; if($s[0]==$s[1] && $s[1]==$s[2] && $s[2]==$s[3] && $s[3]==0){ do_work(); } But I think you got the best solution already. -- Shiplu Mokaddim My talks, http://talk.cmyweb.net Follow me, http://twitter.com/shiplu SUST Programmers, http://groups.google.com/group/p2psust Innovation distinguishes bet ... ... (ask Steve Jobs the rest) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php