diff --git a/php/examples/simpleget.php b/php/examples/simpleget.php
index 17c1757bf1..0ae4313157 100644
--- a/php/examples/simpleget.php
+++ b/php/examples/simpleget.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#
-# A very simple example that gets a HTTP page.
-#
+<?php
+//
+// A very simple example that gets a HTTP page.
+//
 
 $ch = curl_init();
 
@@ -10,4 +11,4 @@ curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
 curl_exec ($ch);
 
 curl_close ($ch);
-
+?>