tomca55

Yes, 'getting started' appears - and that's it. there is no closing html or body tag (php is enclosed in html/body tags). As I said it seems to be generic with any constructor call. I think the code itself is simple enough to be benign. probably something to do with the server settings where my site is hosted - I have an email in to our admin, will see. thanks Tom

Newbie (to PHP) with a question about object construction. Whenever I call any constructor, php stops rendering the page. Simple example: <?php echo "getting started"; $xmlDoc = new DOMDocument(); //but it could be any class, such as ErrorException, or DateTime echo "but I don't get very far"; ?> I tried using ErrorException to find out what was wrong, but this error doesn't get caught - it appears that PHP parsing ceases with the constructor call! Probably a very simple explanation but bless me if I know what it is! thanks Tom