Adrian Fischer wrote: > So that I dont have to hard code colours of tables and other > things I used $variables to define them once and then used said variables. > Can I do the same in php? I tried using the "include('variable.php3')" but > nothing happens. The problem is the scope of the variables in PHP. While in Perl everything is global, except you up a "my" infront of it eg. in the function, in PHP everything is local except you put a "global" infront of it. Take a look a this page: http://www.php.net/manual/language.variables.scope.php Probably you could use constants, too. http://www.php.net/manual/language.constants.php HTH, bye Joxn -- || //\\ \\// |\\|| :: joxn at vernum.com :: \\|| \\// //\\ ||\\| :: 8053703 ::