I forgot to mention that if you have your Server setup to "view source" via .phps AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps It color codes and highlights stuff. I think I remember Rasmus mentioning that it would also do syntax checking. More info here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/printwn/function.highlight-file.php Here's a list of editors that support PHP syntax highlighting - one or two might do checking/parsing. http://www.itworks.demon.co.uk/phpeditors.htm -- Anthony Baratta President Keyboard Jockeys "Conformity is the refuge of the unimaginative."