THANK YOU!!!! [!--quoteo(post=387511:date=Jun 24 2006, 01:17 PM:name=kenrbnsn)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(kenrbnsn @ Jun 24 2006, 01:17 PM) [snapback]387511[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] That syntax is the "heredoc" syntax and is described in the [a href=\"http://www.php.net/heredoc\" target=\"_blank\"]fine manual[/a]. Here is a brief example pulled from the manual: [code]<?php $str = <<<EOD Example of string spanning multiple lines using heredoc syntax. EOD;?>[/code] Ken [/quote]