Notice: I have given up on PHP and MySQL on Windows in E:\IIS Webs\beauford as it is a total pain in the butt. The simplest of things I try and do are inundated with errors - I fix one and 5 more come up. I have changed settings in php.ini as suggested and put the @ in front of variables and whatever else has been suggested, but alas, nothing.
Anyway, thanks for all the help to all those that replied to my questions, but I'll just use Linux as I know it works.....
