[snip] Well, it's a pretty model example of a line-by-line file read. I can't see anything wrong with it, so perhaps the problem lies elsewhere. There's no other files with the same name in your include_path? Maybe something to do with auto_detect_line_endings or whatever it's called, in php.ini? (I know, probably a long shot.) [/snip] The output now looks like.... Array ( [0] => ) Array ( [0] => ) Array ( [0] => ) based on the following code; $theFile = fopen("docs/InstallationInstructionMaster.txt", "rb") || die; while(!feof($theFile)){ $theLine = fgets($theFile); $lineArray = explode("\t", $theLine); print_r($lineArray); } fclose($theFile); It appears that something is getting read, but what? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php