[hotwheels]

okay..........set that in the

$rootdir= "/xxxxxxx/xxxxx/xxxxx/jaxdoug.com/httpdocs/forums/alice/aiml/";

require('xxxxxx/xxxxxx/xxxxx/jaxdoug.com/httpdocs/forums/includes/config.php');

but don't make any changes to the original

$DB_HOST=$config['MasterServer']['localhost'];
$DB_UNAME=$config['MasterServer']['xxxxx'];
$DB_PWORD=$config['MasterServer']['xxxxx'];
$DB_DB=$config['Database']['xxxxxx'];

Just leave it like

$DB_HOST=$config['MasterServer']['servername'];
$DB_UNAME=$config['MasterServer']['username'];
$DB_PWORD=$config['MasterServer']['password'];
$DB_DB=$config['Database']['dbname'];

and in this line

require('xxxxxx/xxxxxx/xxxxx/jaxdoug.com/httpdocs/forums/includes/config.php');

make sure you have the "/" at the very front, like this

require('/xxxxxx/xxxxxx/xxxxx/jaxdoug.com/httpdocs/forums/includes/config.php');