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Note Submitter: martin dot hansell at gmail dot com ---- As a complete novice with all_things_software, I found the instructions above incomplete, in particular with respect to WHERE to add in the additional lines to the PHP configuration file... they assume a certain amount of knowledge, which left me a bit in the dark. [See "at the foot" below for WHERE...] In fact configuring the httpd.conf file is a piece of cake with the right instructions. This site below (courtesy of my brother-in-law - credit where it's due) gave me the answer, and I have pasted the key information below (permission not granted but credit again due via URL to respective site) I quote "Next step is to open up your httpd.conf file in a text editor, wordpad or notepad, and add a few lines. The file, from the default installation is found in the X:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf folder. Do a search for "LoadModule" and you will see a list of modules that Apache tries to initiate when starting up. At the foot of this section, add the following 4 derivatives - each on a separate line: LoadModule; PHPIniDir; AddType; second AddType. LoadModule php5_module "X:/Program Files/Apache Group/php/php-5.2.0-Win32/php5apache2.dll" PHPIniDir "X:/Program Files/Apache Group/php/php-5.2.0-Win32" AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps That's it. Left-click the Apache monitor icon that should be in your task-bar and press restart. You can create a php page to test if the installation has worked. Save the following as info.php in your X:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs folder assuming you haven't modified your document root." [For "the following" you will have to refer to the site...] http://www.skiffie.com/code/server/php-as-apache-module It really was as simple as that... Hope this helps. Martin