You could/can always run php from the command-line (including panther.)
php -f scriptname.php
Output is obviously to stdout rather than through the Apache server,
but it works (and it handy to initiate php scripts from crontabs that
do useful work.
Matthew
http://www.redmac.ca - Getting Canad
XML vs. SQL hmm.
It's worth recalling *one of* the rationales behind XML: When bytes
were expensive, machine to machine communication especially across
company boundaries (read EDI) couldn't afford to be self-documenting.
Huge binders of ANSI EDI specifications were required to correctly
parse