if the emails are in a CSV file, you can also use "fgetcsv" <?php $handle = fopen ("test.csv","r"); while ($data = fgetcsv ($handle, 1000, ",")) { $num = count ($data); for ($c=0; $c < $num; $c++) { print $data[$c] . "<br>\n"; } } fclose ($handle); ?> - Paul -----Original Message----- From: Chris Payne [mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:23 AM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Splitting a string by a , Hi there everyone, I'm trying to split a string into an Array by a , but I kepe getting errors. Looking at the PHP manual, I thought it would be this way: $keywords = preg_split(",", $email); But it keeps saying that the , isn't an ending delimiter? Any help would be appreciated, i'm trying to split email addresses from an input box seperated by a , Thanks for any help. Chris -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php