[!--quoteo(post=376062:date=May 22 2006, 10:42 AM:name=ober)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(ober @ May 22 2006, 10:42 AM) [snapback]376062[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] That's probably because you're not specifying a specific file. You're just giving it an address. Could it possibly be: $xml = simplexml_load_file('http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/topstories.xml'); ? [/quote] i have got the answers from other forums and they say it is not because of the code. it might be because of firewall or php setting something like that. but i havent got a solution. do you have any clue about this. thank you