Hi, I forgot the write the br2nl function in the prev mail //works only with the strings escaped from nl2br function function br2nl($text) { $text = str_replace("<br />", "", $text); $text = str_replace("<br>", "", $text); return $text; } Bye, Manda Krishna Srikanth http://www.krishnasrikanth.com =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]