Maybe you ask your provider to upgrade PHP to 4.0.5 or higher. Even Freedom 2 Surf http://www.f2s.com (a UK based freewebspace provider) offer PHP 4.0.6 with zlib on their free accounts

I've already asked, just getting annoyed that I have to require third party stuff outside of Perl just because the forum eats bandwidth like a male porn star to muff =).

I'm just hoping my server can install the IO::String module first so I can work on the UBB Compression mod with v6.04e.

Ah, the joys of braindamaged web hosting providers.

Mark, I'm moving this topic into the UBB6 How Do I forum for further followups, it doesn't belong in the Bugs forum.