this is what i have on my connection.php [code] #database access info define ('DB_USER', 'myuser'); define ('DB_PASS', 'mypass'); define ('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); define ('DB_NAME', 'mydbname'); #database connection $dbc = mysql_connect (DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS) OR die ('Could not connect to mysql: ' .mysql_error() ); mysql_select_db (DB_NAME) OR die ('Could not select database: ' .mysql_error() ); [/code] and this is my index.php [code]include ('_include/connect.php'); //make query $query = "SELECT * FROM layout"; //run the query $result = @mysql_query ($query); if ($result) { //fetch while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM)) { if($row[0] == 1) { include ('layout_01.php'); } if($row[0] == 2) { include ('layout_02.php'); } } mysql_free_result ($result); //free up the resources } else { //if it did not run ok echo '<p>The content could not be displayed due to system error!</p>'; } [/code]