kasimir-k wrote: > Dave Stevens scribeva in 12/03/2007 11:58: >> $hitURL = "http://www.whatever.com/file.php?a=1&b=2"; >> $f = file($hitURL); > Not bad, but often file_get_contents is better - from FWIW, if the allow_url_fopen php.ini setting is set to false, you might use cURL instead (if libcurl is installed, of course). This has the added benefit of some added flexibility in structuring the request. E.g. your external resource might use some sort of authentication, which curl can negotiate. http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php#ini.allow-url-fopen http://us2.php.net/curl -- Max Schwanekamp NeptuneWebworks.com 541-255-2171