Every server I work on is set to not allow short tags, and I work on about 7 different state, federal, and commercial ones. Some of them don't even read .htaccess files in the directories where my scripts reside, so trying that type of hack would get you booted. just my $.02 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php