Hiya, I need to be able to read a file into a string - I have used the above command and it works ... now ... I need to read a file into a string - that requires a username and password to access the authentication is normal HTTP basic realm Any ideas? Kind Regards Steven Macintyre -- www.friends4friends.co.za -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php