You can do like this: $str = 'helloworld'; echo preg_replace('//', ' ', $str); this will print out -> h e l l o w o r l d Olavi Ivask > How would I put a space after each letter: > > echo str_shuffle(stripslashes(mysql_result($word_result,0,"word")); > > Ron -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php