quoth Aleem Bawany: > If I have a file a.php which has the following line: > > include("b.php"); > > is there any way to determine in file b.php which file is calling the > include for b.php (in this case, I want to determine a.php's name in > b.php) Not that I know of. You could set a variable before including it, though: $parent = __FILE__; include 'b.php'; // compare $parent in b.php -- shawn allen mailto://shawn@alterior.net phone://415.577.3961 http://alterior.net aim://shawnpallen