passed val compare to array val

Hi guys, like every other problem I have this one is SURE to be painfully simple to fix and make me look g0ofy again. I have an edit user form with checkboxes like the one below : <INPUT type="checkbox" value="Boating" name="Activity[]" <?docheck("Boating")?>> When the form loads I grab the users relevant information and display it, I am having trouble checking checkboxes that should be checked though. Here is how I am attempting to do it. Prior to the form loading I load an array with the required checkbox VALUES, not names, I did it this way because I reference the checkbox values as an array to write to a database. As the form loads I call a function "docheck()" and pass $inputvalue (the value of the checkbox) compare the values pulled from the database and if there is a match, I write "CHECKED" to indicate that the user had previously chosen this. The function is below : function docheck($inputvalue){ $flag = 0; $tempcnt = 0; $temptotal = count($editActivity); while($tempcnt != $temptotal){

       if($inputvalue == $editActivity[$tempcnt]){
           $flag = 1;
       }
       $tempcnt++;

} if($flag == 1){

       print "CHECKED";

} } The problem seems to be that a "match" never occurs, I tried passing "Boating" and re-wrote the function as such... $flag = 0; if($inputvalue == 'Boating'){ $flag = 1; } if($flag == 1){ print "CHECKED"; } and it worked just fine, so I am of a mind that I am doing something wrong while attempting to match my passed value with the values in my array. Please help! -- Curtis Gordon Groovy Web Developer xxxx 168th Street White Rock