If you don't want the risk of messing up your global variables use $output=file_get_contents('http://yourserver/YaBBindex.php'); Daniel Champion wrote: > Hi Joel > > Output buffering is your friend. Start here: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php > > Look at ob_start() and ob_get_contents() - they will be able to cover your > needs. > > HTH