> If you're just getting started i would go with the most > stable recent release which is 4.3.2. > Use the binary > installer(http://www.php.net/get/php-4.3.2-installer.exe/from/ > a/mirror) and it should pretty much install itself Paul, While you're at it, forget about IIS with PHP. I seem day after day to discover annoying little bit that would be so easily taken care of by apache. (multiple headers, 404 management...) Try to set up both Apache and IIS if need be, and develop PHP on the apache conf. s t e f (aka notabene) http://evolt.org/user/notabene/22696/ http://www.nota-bene.org/