[snip] You need "or" not || here. The operator priorities are such that the above means ... which assigns the result of fopen() to $theFile, and then executes die if it's false -- which is much more satisfactory. ;) [/snip] Originally I did not have any '||' or 'or' in the conditional check, with the same results. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php