The comma just concatenates the two. The brackets don't seem to do much of anything...
echo "<tr><td>$strName</td></tr>".htmlspecialchars( $teststr ); seems to be the same... PS sorry to everyone who got an eMail with a screwed up time- I forgot to fix the clock after i re-installed winblows (dual-boot) -- If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Samuel Clemens -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php