function dbCheck(){ mySQLConnect(); $userResult = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM softmod_users WHERE userName = '$un'"); $emailResult = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM softmod_users WHERE email= '$email'"); if(mysql_num_rows($userResult) == 0){ $userCheck = true; } else{echo "The email ".$un." is already in use."; die(); } if(mysql_num_rows($emailresult) == 0){ $emailCheck = true; } else {echo "The email ".$email." is already in use."; die(); } if($userCheck AND $emailCheck == true){ $final = true; global $final; }