Ha.. by sheer chance I solved the problem apparently the systax needs to be: include ("filename"); and not include("filename");
the little space turns out to be crucial ;) hope you won't run into such stupid things Pete -- PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]