>i found a nice javascript function that encodes email addresses at >http://www.gazingus.org/js/?id=106 (i most likely picked it up off this >list at some point). > >anyway, id like to put this to use on my site, but cant figure out how >to make php translate ascii characters into strings like >"\u006d\u0061\u0069\u006c\u0074\u006f\u003a" > >does anyone know of a function that does this, or of an easy way to >encode characters? > >thanks in advance, > >nick > >ps- this is my first post to the listm after 4 months of being >subscribed! hi nick, i believe that the chr() function converts one ascii code to a character and the org() function does the reverse. have a look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.chr.php and http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ord.php alternatively check out http://www.hivelogic.com/safeaddress/ as an alternative (ooh, poor english...) means of encoding email addresses. regards kris