this is the second time this has randomly happened to me;
i have no idea how this could possibly have happened unless someone on my web host purposely nulld my settings.php to take down my site?
or is this a known bug?
please help?
It's a known bug.
Solution: out the content back from the backup, then make the file read only.
The cause: SMF updates the file when certain kinds of error occur and if they happen too close together the file gets wiped.
If it happens a lot, or seems to become routine, then there might be a bigger problem somewhere.
ok thanks for that info guys
im hoping to change hosts soon hopefully this error goes away when i get off Godaddy
Well, odds are in your favor - It's hard to find a host worse than Godaddy.
GoDaddy. :P
Doesn't have to be a GoDaddy problem in this case.