jdMorgan - 2:08 am on Dec 4, 2008 (gmt 0)

I suspect you also removed the "#" symbols from those lines: Otherwise, they are just treated as comments...

If possible, use a specific exclusion pattern based on the WP script names or on the common directory path to those scripts, rather than checking the disk for "file exists" for each and every .php file requested from your server. The fewer file-exists and directory-exists checks you do, the longer it will be before your successful site has to be moved to a dedicated server... :)

Jim