Use define function to create a new constant define ( "keyword", VALUE ); You must consider that if you want to use keyword, you cannot use $ as its defines as constant i.e. echo keyword --- teacherweeks <teacherweeks@xxxxxxxxx> escribió: > Thank you everyone for your help with my earlier > problem, which has > been solved and I am now on to more of a general > problem with the > form. I am using a variable $keyword, and I want > the variable to have > a predefined start value. How can I set it up so > that, the variable > is already defined before my query and the script > from earlier run. I > really wish I had known PHP before starting this > project... learning > as you go sucks! > > David > > > > > Hernán Mauricio Velásquez Ingeniero Sistemas y Computación Universidad de los Andes Santafé de Bogotá __________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.espanol.yahoo.com/ PHP Data object relational mapping generator http://www.metastorage.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/