ok....here is my code:
<html><body><table width="576" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td>
<?php
require (getenv(DOCUMENT_ROOT)."/cms/anna/connect.php");
require ("header.php");
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM articles WHERE ID='$articleID'");
$access = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$headline = $access["title"];
$lead = $access["beginning"];
$article = $access["text"];
$lead = nl2br($lead);
$article = nl2br($article);
$authorID = $access["authorID"];
$year = strval(substr($access["adate"],0,4));
$month = strval(substr($access["adate"],5,2));
$day = strval(substr($access["adate"],8,2));
$adate = $day.'.'.$month.'.'.$year;
$atime = strval(substr($access["atime"],0,5));
if (!$access["ID"]) { echo $textwarning[16]; exit; }
$result = mysql_query("SELECT fullname FROM users WHERE ID='$authorID'");
$access = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$author = $access["fullname"];
$result = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM users WHERE ID='$authorID'");
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$email = $row["email"];
$text = $access["text"];
$pic1 = $access["pic1"];
$article = str_replace ("[PIC1]", '<img src="http://localhost/cms/anna/files/articles/$pic1">', $article);
echo '<p><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">',$headline,'</font><br>';
echo '<p><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">',$lead,'</font></p>';
echo '<p><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">',$article,'</font></p>';
echo '<A href="mailto:',$email,'">',$author,'</A>';
include ("footer.php");
?>
</td></tr></table></body></html>
$pic1 = $access["pic1"] should be the name (e.g. picture.jpg ) which has been copied to the folder named. However, the script is displaying the little red x image, not the proper image.