Not to worry - manage to solve the problem using the line below $date=date('H:i'); echo "<input name=\"timeout\" type=\"text\" value=\"$date\">"; Thanks for all the input -----Original Message----- From: Baiocchi, Justin (CSIRO IT, Armidale) Sent: Friday, 6 August 2004 12:50 PM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Php if statement in a form Well, this works: so you were all on the right track if($row['timeout']=="") { print "<input name='timeout' type='text' value='"echo date('H:i')"'>"; }else{ print $row["timeout"]; } But now I get a parse error on the <input> line -----Original Message----- From: Ng Hwee Hwee [mailto:hhwee@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 6 August 2004 12:30 PM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Php if statement in a form what about this? if(empty($row["timeout"])) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Thompson" <dthompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Justin.Baiocchi@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:18 AM Subject: Re: Php if statement in a form > if (is_null($row["timeout"]).....) > > Justin.Baiocchi@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > Still no joy. The parse error actually refers to the -- if > > ($row["timeout"] IS NULL); --- line. > > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php