Hi, Probably because $user is not in the database. Regards Henrik Hornemann -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Earl Clare [mailto:eclare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sendt: 18. januar 2005 07:59 Til: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Emne: i am lost (php warning) Prioritet: Høj Hi ya'll, I am lost as to why I am getting this error in my script. Can anyone kindly explain why this is so. Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/cm/public_html/cell/login.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- My script ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- if($_POST['submit'] == '>Log In') { $user=$_POST["email"]; $pass=$_POST["pass"]; $sql_query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM cm_customer WHERE emial='$user'"); $sql_query = mysql_num_rows($sql_query); if (($sql_query) >0) { $valid = $user; session_start(); session_register("valid"); } } if (session_is_registered("reg")) { echo "ok"; } else { echo "sorry"; } -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php