hi i just switched a client's site over to php (all files now ending in .php) and set up a customized 404 page (amending the .htaccess file) to catch everyone coming there via old bookmarks and links. this works fine for requests looking for directories or html files but not for php files. eg. http://dissens.de/doesntexist and http://dissens.de/doesntexist.html get caught by my customized 404 but http://dissens.de/doesntexist.php ends up at the host's default error page. does anybody have a clue why it would do that? thanks iris ______________________ omnia mea mecum porto <http://jarmin.com/> <http://manhold.net/> _______________________