Of the resources mentioned so far, the PHP.net tutorial ( http://us1.php.net/manual/en/tutorial.php) seems the easiest to get started with. However, it is very simple and does not go very far. I have gotten answers from W3Schools but have not made dedicated use of them. It is easy to find bad information in lots of places. The CodeAcademy.com stuff looks interesting. If nothing else it would give you an introduction and let you know if you want to go buy a book or not. Leam -- Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/>