thanks for helping me but this code is actually useless to me. the situation is... there r two list boxes on my site having same items in both. i want user to not to select the same items from the two list boxes. if somehow user do so there must be an alert box to indicate the user or the selected item in one list box should be automatically removed in the socond list box. i dn't know which function should i call in javascriptn how to cmpare these items. pleeeeeeese help me i need it hardly. regards SanaAlamgeer --- On Sun, 10/5/08, Aminul Islam <aminulsumon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Aminul Islam <aminulsumon@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: problem To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 4:44 AM hope this example will help you $A=array('first' ,'second' ,'third', 'forth'); $B=array('another' ,'fifth', 'second', 'first',' hello'); for($i=0;$i< count($A) ;$i++) if(in_array( $B[$i],$A) ) echo "Item found: ".$B[$i]; i am searching one by one item of $B array in array $A Thanks Aminul On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Sana Alamgeer <sanalmgr47@yahoo. com> wrote: > hello all, > please tell me how to cmpare two lists' items. > pleassssssssse > i have been able to find the code in javascript. > please help me > regards > > SanaAlamgeer > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Md. Aminul Islam http://www.shopno- dinga.com Mob: 8801671670797 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]