try $fp = fopen (http://www.example.com/otherscript.php?a=1&b=2, "r"); $contents = fread ($fd, filesize ($filename)); fclose ($fd); then preg_match $contents for any output. "Gerardo Rojas" <grojas@strategicinc.com> wrote in message F0EDCD6B96C14741A2F6B0BE6EB7D9CF4BC3D1@scsprdm.strategicinc.com">news:F0EDCD6B96C14741A2F6B0BE6EB7D9CF4BC3D1@scsprdm.strategicinc.com... I'm trying to call a php script from another php script. I have the script name in a variable. Any suggestions on how to implement this? I tried the "back-tick" and the exec. I even tried doing it with a *.bat file. Nothing seems to work. I'm on W2k and php 4.3.3 -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php