On Monday 02 January 2006 8:54 pm, Ralph wrote: > I'm building a URL based on data extracted from mySQL and I want the > text space.gif used as my default value should the variable $picture > by NULL. > > The results of the code below kick back a value for $picture when it > is set in the database, but ignores the space.gif if the database > result is empty. Have you tried strlen()? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php