Greetings everyone, Thanks for the help in advance. PHP version is 4.3 I have set a variable and building a string that will be used later in my php file. The string is a table. Within this table I want to call another php file using include for a pulldown menu. The problem is the included file is not showing its information. Snippets are provided below... SNIPPET of table string... $post_payment_form = ' [SNIP]... <td class="content_label_5_8pt">Full or Partial?</td> <td class="content_label_5_8pt"> <select name="full_partial_select_1"> <? include("includes/get_payment_type.php"); ?> </select></td> </tr> [SNIP] '; GET_PAYMENT_TYPE.PHP code... <?php require_once('includes/data_access.php'); //setup payment types drop down "<option></option>"; $payment_type_rs = get_payment_types(); if( $payment_type_rs ) { while( $payment_type = mysql_fetch_assoc( $payment_type_rs ) ) { sprintf( '<option value="%s">%s</option>', $payment_type['stage_code_id'], $payment_type['stage_code'] ); } } //clean up if( $payment_type_rs ) mysql_free_result( $payment_type_rs ); ?> The result is an empty pulldown menu. Suggestions? Jef