hello again, I've solved my previous problem, thanks to Fernando Madruga (just quoting the file name): php "C:\Programmi\Apache Group\Apache\htdocs\test\phpinfo.php" now, running my script from command-line (no more from the browser, where it works fine) I get an oracle error ORA-12154 from my db (via ODBC) the oracle server is on a HP-unix machine (while apache is on winNT), so I can't set any environment variable.. any hint? thanks, Giuse /-------------------------------\ | http://boltthrower.webhop.org | \-------------------------------/ -- PHP Windows 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]