Hi, I've got a short hack that determines whether a PHP array is a simple sequential array or an associative array. The function loops through all the keys to see if any are non numeric. function is_seq_array($php_array) { foreach($php_array as $key => $value) { if ( ! is_numeric($key) ) return 0; } return 1; } Helpful? Too kludgey? doug -- -- For information about how to subscribe and unsubscribe from this list visit http://xmlrpc.usefulinc.com/list.html