Sorry, that doesn't seem to do it. If I put it at the top of the file, it says thats it's an invalid command, si I moved it to the bottom and it works but still asks to download the file instead of loading it. I just don't get it. I also had one other complication, and that is that, since I'm using a damn small linux computer, I use debian packages. WHen installing the libapache-php package, I kept getting an exit error 1 (whatever that is) and when I tried to install php4, it said it required it and quit. I had to uninstall whatever was there of libapache to stop php from trying over and over to reinstall it, install php and skip the dependencies, and reinstall libapache. It worked perfectly wieh I reinstalled libapache, and that puzzles me. at any rate, they both appear to be fine. Again, I would really appreciate any further help you could give me to get Apache to let me load the PHP webpage.