Hello - this is my first post so I hope I'm following proper procedure. At any rate, I've had some basic experience with PHP; enough to write a few basic scripts, some involving math. Currently, I'm trying to write a script where a user can input a string of text, and then the script will use a cipher, and return the encrypted message. So, what I would like to find out is, how can I have the php separate every character of the message, and turn it into something else? ie a basic example: The message is Hello World The user selects the Shift Cipher with one displacement. PHP understands, and returns: Ifjjp Xpsme So in this example, I just want php to change each letter, and also recognize spaces.... Is this feasable?