Hi list, Thanks for the help. By taking both suggestions that came back to me my php is working. First I removed from my httpd.conf file AddHandler /cgi-bin/ .php Then, I put my php files in a php directory off of the home page directory. thus, the command: lynx url/php/experimental.php Ran my program. I believe that I am confusing cgi scripting with a server side scripting language. Any comments on the differences between these two concepts? Mark Rew