why don't you just do this?
*** <?php if(file_exists("setup.txt")){ $lines=file("setup.txt"); echo stripslashes($lines[0]); } else echo "Error opening \"setup.txt\""; ?> *** file() returns the file in an array, each line as new value, so line nr. 1 is $line[0], line nr. 2 is $line[1] etc... I added stripslashes() on the output so that you won't get "John\'s X Log" Sævar - ICELAND -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php