Hi > I apologise for using this mailing list but I cannot find another. A listing can be found at http://lists.php.net/ Failing finding one more specific, the list to use would be php-general. > I pass this to another file. I am trying to read the directory that the > users file is in. ie "/srv/www/htdocs/functions/email/file.txt", I want > to read the "/srv/www/htdocs/functions/email/". The variable $filename > only gives the "file.txt" as a value. I'm not sure I understand the problem! Are you saying the path is being cut leaving only the filename, or you don't know how to extract the path? Niel -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php