newbie has include path error

I had php/apache/mysql working perfectly for awhile on my redaht 7.1 box. Compiled them all from source and was very proud, as I am at best an amateur programmer. In other words, I love this stuff, but it doen't come naturally. Recently I've been fiddling with networking (to little avail), installed a new ethernet card and did some other stuff... Anyway, now when I go into http://localhost (apache is running), I get this error: Warning: Failed opening '/etc/httpd/php/prepend.php' for inclusion (include_path=") in unknown in line 0. I've tried putting in this include path in my php.ini file to no effect. Please help. I have several projects I'm working on that require php and I have no way of working on them on my development box. Any help gratefully appreciated. Also, I apologize for being too chatty. daniel -------------------------------------------- Daniel Goldin daniel@blue-lamp.com Creative Director 323.225.1926 BlueLamp Productions www.blue-lamp.com