As in, while my first guess would be that they'd meant to use just the number 0, what would your guesstimate be relating to why someone would in fact use the following syntax as part of determining if a certain phrase/string was included in a variable's value? //start excerpt... if (strpos ($text, "<b>") >= "\0") //end excerpt ??? TIA Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA ...Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet... -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php