Ok These are the OS details. It is a linux (BSD) server. Virtual host No shell access php in "safe mode" Apache/2.0.59 (FreeBSD) mod_python/3.2.10 Python/2.4.4 PHP/5.2.1 with Suhosin-Patch mod_jk/1.2.19 mod_ssl/2.0.59 OpenSSL/0.9.7e-p1 mod_perl/2.0.3 Perl/v5.8.8 If thats any help to anyone.