how many entries are you talking about, ie., how many conditions? Obviously if you have more than 4-5 it's going to be easier to code up as a case statement (?) rather than an if/else. Never in all my days have I ever heard of using an array for such a determination though. (remainder deleted for all reader's sakes :) ) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php