In message <000601c8037c$534359d0$f9ca0d70$@com>, David Weeks <teacherweeks@xxxxxxxxx> writes >It seems like the include isn't being used. because my testing server is >configured like a production server, the error messages are being >suppressed. You can un-suppress them, perhaps with error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', '1'); My (working!) includes are in the format include 'inc/start.php'; or, more usually, I set the path to include the inc folder, and just use include 'start.php'; -- Pete Clark Sunny Andalucia http://www.hotcosta.com/comm_1.htm