Thanks a lot for your time guys.
I *think* I know what I’m doing know… think. The webhost I’m using, devisland.com, is very unclear about things. In the help page that seemed most likely:
Execution
Please upload any PHP scripts into the “php” directory of your website. You must use a file extension of “.php”. Please set the mode of your programs to be “0755” this enables the following. Owner: read, write, execute
Group: read, execute
Others: read, execute
File modes can be set using your FTP client.
What are the modes of the programs and how do I set them?… : (