thanks guys, but i dont think it is that simple.
I have other pages that have php but no database access that work fine through
http://darkstar:80/
if any of you read this during the next 6 hours (providing i dont get disconnected) try it for yourself at
http://209.167.16.230/connect.php is the code above, no html involved, all it is designed to do is print to the screen wether or not it successfully connected to the database.
the page
http://209.167.16.230/ao/register.php works fine.
I idealy want ao/index.php to work.
thanks alot for your help so far,
Trevor