Is there any nice way to convert a string containing either "TRUE" or "FALSE" to a bool with the appropriate value? I know I can just "if (strcmp..." but, as the song goes on to say "...ugly, so ugly, it's ugly"[1] Footnotes: [1] "Mask", Henry Rollins -- Gary -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php