1 ? 'were' : 'was'; $name_of_persons_showing_property = null; foreach($rental_data['person_met'] as $showed_person){ if($showed_person['id'] != 0) { $name_of_persons_showing_property .= $showed_person['name'].' ,'; } else { $name_of_persons_showing_property .= $rental_data['other_person_met']; } } $name_of_persons_showing_property = substr_replace($name_of_persons_showing_property,'and ',strrpos($name_of_persons_showing_property,','),1); $property_text .= 'The property shown by '.$name_of_persons_showing_property; echo $property_text; die(); } } ?>