Re: string to array??

I didn't know that either. Does this apply only when accessing strings by character? Or are all conventional uses of brackets deprecated for the purposes of arrays? It doesn't say on that page (http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php , a bit more than halfway down). Erik

Actually, using the [] syntax is deprecated - using {} is the new way - but I'm a creature of habit...