>Personally, I would change that to be >if ( function_exists('filter_var') ) { So would I: *But it's not my code. *I wish to learn and understand the cause of the problem - not walk around it. >It means condition (PHP_VERSION >= 5.2.0) I understand that. There was a second, more relevant, part to my question. I have found the version of PHP used as reported in the HTTP header responses. filter_var() is undefined in PHP/5.2.4_p20070914-pl2-gentoo -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php