Don't complicate your code if you don't need it. IF you need to find out the length of the string, use PHP's built-in functions. They're faster and they are easier to write, debug and for others to understand. If I missed your point completely, forgive me.
And here's the code for you do figure out your problem. if (strlen($string) > 20){ print "error"; } else { print "OK"; } Adam -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php