So you are trying to fopen that url? I made a similar post on this listserv about it.. I think it is a bug in PHP because you cannot pass the = sign into fopen or file. > Please help. > > http://babynames.pregnancy.yahoo.com/bnfname.htm? n=Patrick > > paste this into the browserbar and you'll see the result-page... > > but try this through the fopen function via PHP. > > I DONT get that! do YOU know any resolutions??? > > my target is it: to get some informations about variable firstnames into > a variable. > > if this string contains "boy" i know the gender (else "girl") > > through this way i could skip the "gender" option in my > contact-formulars. > > e.g. for the personal message "thank you, mrS Jackson" ... > > i hope someone can help. thanks! > > Tribun > --- > www.mp3o.net > > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using BurstNET® WebMail Pro. http://webmail.burst.net/ BurstNET® - The Speed the Internet Travels® -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]