> Daniel, the '<>' syntax is perfectly valid PHP, Is it really? I didn't know that. (I didn't believe it either, but going to the PHP documentation confirms that is correct. :O ) > plus you haven't > actually > answered the question. Guess I read too much into it... I presumed it wasn't working. :( > If you supply a parameter in the URL, i.e. > 'www.mysite.com/geocountry=uk' > then information is made available in an array called '$_REQUEST'. Wouldn't that be 'www.mysite.com?geocountry=uk' ? or is this another format that I just haven't seen? > The specific parameter is accessed using the key name, in this case > 'geocountry'. > > So, the statement is saying, did a parameter called geocountry get > passed in > the URL. If it was, then load it into a session variable called > 'geocountry' > and 'geocountryId' :- > > if ($_REQUEST["geocountry"] <> "") { > $_SESSION['geocountry']= $_REQUEST["geocountry"]; > $_SESSION['geocountryId']=$_REQUEST["geocountry"]; > } > > > As Daniel pointed out, you should also use isset() to avoid a PHP > warning > message, and is also better programming. > > Rob. -D. Israel dan@xxxxxxxx http://www.customcodebydan.com AIM: JudoDanIzz