I think that $html .= '<br /><b>' . _('Heading:') . '</b> ' .sprintf(_("%s inches"), $v); or $html .= '<br /><b>' . _('Heading:') . '</b> '; $html .= sprintf(_("%s inches"), $v); is also a clean way ? -- Joel Vandal Infoteck Internet http://www.infoteck.qc.ca Tel. 819-370-3232 jvandal at infoteck.qc.ca Fax. 819-370-3624