[snip] I did the var_dump and got: bool(false)
While $vthere (from my previous post) returns 0 (zero) still. :\ But proceeds as if 0 were a false statement when asked if $vthere equals zero. :\ -Mike [/snip] Is the query executing properly? Try this ... $sql = "SELECT ID from tblItems WHERE number = '" . $place . "' "); if(!($person = mysql_query($sql, $connect_variable))){ print(mysql_error() . "\n"); exit(); } It is a verbose test -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php