diff --git a/tutorial/php/runserver.py b/tutorial/php/runserver.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import BaseHTTPServer
+import CGIHTTPServer
+
+# chdir(2) into the tutorial directory.
+os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
+
+class Handler(CGIHTTPServer.CGIHTTPRequestHandler):
+  cgi_directories  = ['/php']
+
+BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('', 8080), Handler).serve_forever()