[snip] I think i am not clear with my question. I know that the files are missing at the correct location. Please suggest me any other free code that i can use instead of the code i tried. [/snip] Convert the spreadsheet to CSV and then you can use fopen, fgets, etc. to read the file. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php