--- src/tab.c	2006-08-27 14:29:01.000000000 -0500
+++ src/tab.c	2006-08-27 14:33:10.000000000 -0500
@@ -759,17 +759,21 @@
 		}
 		gtk_scintilla_get_text(GTK_SCINTILLA(editor->scintilla), text_length+1, buffer);
 		lines = g_strsplit(buffer, "\n", 10);
-		if (lines[0][0] == '#' && lines[0][1] == '!' && strstr(lines[0], "php") != NULL) {
-			is_php = TRUE;
-		}
-		else {
-			for (i = 0; lines[i+1] != NULL; i++) {
-				if (strstr (lines[i], "<?php") != NULL) {
-					is_php = TRUE;
-					break;
+
+		if (lines[0] != NULL) {
+			if (lines[0][0] == '#' && lines[0][1] == '!' && strstr(lines[0], "php") != NULL) {
+				is_php = TRUE;
+			}
+			else {
+				for (i = 0; lines[i+1] != NULL; i++) {
+					if (strstr (lines[i], "<?php") != NULL) {
+						is_php = TRUE;
+						break;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
 		g_strfreev(lines);
 	}