reason i didn't show that before, 'cause i am normall mindful of that stuff, is that i was LITERALLY getting NO OUTPUT
meaning, a white screen
/edit:
at the time that i posted that. since modified w/ the html bit of output

wait, i beg your pardon-- i'm confusing that w/ something else-- it's hard to remember, i have a lot of files w/ this app! i think i was just getting the undefinted variable 'op' Notice, which i didn't post cause i thought it didn't tell me much about what was going on. sorry 'bout that.