Since I inadvertantly used a reserved PHP word in one of my programs causing it to do the weirdest things, I thought I'd look up a list of the reserved words and post it here for everyone's benefit:

and                 break               case
class               continue            default
do                  else                elseif
empty()             endfor              endif
endswitch           endwhile            E_ALL
E_PARSE             E_ERROR             E_WARNING.
extends             FALSE               for
foreach             function            if
include()           include_once()      global
list()              new                 not
or                  PHP_OS              PHP_VERSION
require()           require_once()      return
static              switch              this
TRUE                var                 xor
virtual()           while               __FILE__
__LINE__

So, if any of your programs are doing funny things, make sure you check if you are using any of the above key terms as variables or what not.

thanks for that bytech