in reply to encode/decoder

newrisedesigns has a very good point regarding the lack of any log files. Are you running this program at home, at work, on a ISP's box? Are you using Apache?

If you can, take a peek at /usr/local/apache/logs and let us know which files are in that directory. If you're running this on an ISP's box, check to see if you have a public_html dir (or something similar) in your home directory.

One more thing, it's always good practice to remove fatalsToBrowser before placing this program into production for security reasons.

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