AND THE _GET won it lol, i only didnt even bother trying that cause _GET is depricated code, I was trying 10000000 different things along with your suggestions along the way, but i guess since this is all older code it makes since that worked =)
just when i was going to tell you to click the 2nd URL in my sig too lol, shows you my screen
--------------- Added [DATE]1424879932[/DATE] at [TIME]1424879932[/TIME] ---------------
but now that it works, i cant help but realize how vulnerable it is. Like i said before whats to stop me from just navigating to another directory =/
--------------- Added [DATE]1424880091[/DATE] at [TIME]1424880091[/TIME] ---------------
also, thank you kevin again. you've helped me out quite a bit lately and i truly appreciate it