On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Dan Cech wrote: > $this->$class =& $obj =& new $class( $this->id ); FWIW, these types of nasty hacks should no longer be necessary in PHP 5, God willing. -adam -- adam at trachtenberg.com author of o'reilly's "upgrading to php 5" and "php cookbook" avoid the holiday rush, buy your copies today!