Hello, Thank you for your help previously everyone, I was able to fix that problem. The thing now, is that I want to add smileys to the messages; i.e. :) would equal to a smiley image when posting a message. $con = mysql_connect("localhost","removed","removed") or die("con"); $db = mysql_select_db("ben_test") or die("db"); $post = $_POST['comment']; if(empty($post)){ echo "<font color='red'><b>Post rejected, field left empty<br /></b></font>"; } else if(is_numeric($post)){ echo "<font color='red'><b>Post rejected, numeric data submitted<br /></b></font>"; } else if(preg_match("/www/", $post)) { echo "<font color='red'><b>Post rejected. Advertising is prohibited!<br /></b></font>"; } else { mysql_query("INSERT INTO `comments`(`messages`) VALUES ('$post')") or die(mysql_error()); } $mysql_query_one = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `comments`"); while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($mysql_query_one)) { echo $rows['messages'] . "<hr>"; I have grasped quite a lot so far, and added many complementry features, however this is only my first script - so hence it is pretty much basic as it is! Thanks once again, hoping someone can assist me further.