You need a web server set up It pretty easy to set up webservers on localhost and php you may aswell install a db too here are some links http://www.phpied.com/installing-php-and-apache-on-mac-osx-that-was-pretty-easy/ http://www.sebastiansulinski.co.uk/web_design_tutorials/web_server/installing_apache_php_mysql_a.php enjoy - S 2009/3/28 Ariel Kastanova <ariel_kastanova@xxxxxxxxx> > I am teaching myself how to program in php. What do I need to load into my > laptop so I can review in a browser what I've composed? > > Tannera Kane > Urban archeologist, photographer, and writer > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ariel_Kastanova