diff --git a/php/examples/Makefile.am b/php/examples/Makefile.am
index 1a56381b2..105a073ae 100644
--- a/php/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/php/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-EXTRA_DIST = README getpageinvar.php simpleget.php simplepost.php
+EXTRA_DIST = README getpageinvar.php getbinarypageinvar.php simpleget.php \
+             simplepost.php
diff --git a/php/examples/getpageinvar.php b/php/examples/getpageinvar.php
index c8d5c4987..9b45d9ef7 100644
--- a/php/examples/getpageinvar.php
+++ b/php/examples/getpageinvar.php
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-#
-# The PHP curl module supports the received page to be returned in a variable
-# if told.
-#
+<?php
+//
+// The PHP curl module supports the received page to be returned in a variable
+// if told.
+//
 $ch = curl_init();
 
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://www.myurl.com/");
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
 $result=curl_exec ($ch);
 curl_close ($ch);
+?>