Hello Arthur, Wednesday, December 29, 2004, 12:37:30 PM, you wrote: A> That's my piece of code (which is in a class in a file which is in the same A> dir as config.php): A> function reg($name, $pw, $ally, $act) { A> include('config.php'); A> echo(DB_SERV_NAME . '<br>'); A> $dbp = mysql_connect(DB_SERV_NAME, DB_USR_NAME, DB_PW); A> if(!$dbp) die ("MySQL-Fehler"); Show us the define statements? The code above is fine, assuming that it could find config.php of course (swap it for a require to get a fatal error). Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php