diff --git a/php/examples/simplepost.php b/php/examples/simplepost.php
index dc4eadf5a0..1c29447ba5 100644
--- a/php/examples/simplepost.php
+++ b/php/examples/simplepost.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#
-# A very simple PHP example that sends a HTTP POST to a remote site
-#
+<?php
+//
+// A very simple PHP example that sends a HTTP POST to a remote site
+//
 
 $ch = curl_init();
 
@@ -10,3 +11,4 @@ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "postvar1=value1&postvar2=value2&postvar3=v
 
 curl_exec ($ch);
 curl_close ($ch); 
+?>