OK .. I am upgrading to PHP5 on a clients box, and after doing so I have run into the problem that files that get brought in by a require statement, or include, end up just getting dumped to the browser as text.. For instance : require("/home/tnr/incs/tnr_db.php"); $db = new mysql(); Produces what you see here : http://www.thumbnailresume.com/index.html?allow=1 Any one have any thoughts on what is going on? -- Stephen Johnson c | eh The Lone Coder office: 562.366.4433 fax: 562.278.0133 http://www.thelonecoder.com continuing the struggle against bad code http://www.fortheloveofgeeks.com I¹m a geek and I¹m OK! --