.php extension

Hi there. I've started to code in PHP a couple of days ago, so I'm really a newbie. As far as I understood it, for a server process the php code, the file must have the extension .php But then, the apache server (for example) requires a file index.html to be placed in the directory public_html/ ... Does that mean that I can't have any php in my main page? I've tried to overcome this by creating a symbolic link index.html--->index.php but didn't manage to "fool" the server, as it didn't process the .php code! Any suggestions/help will be much appreciated! Thx in advance Luis ------------------------------ Luis Miguel N. Távora lmtavora@estg.iplei.pt Message sent via Sylpheed sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net ------------------------------