help with .php shoutbox code

I working on some code from http://www.onaje.com/php/article.php4/27 , trying to get it to work in my site. I don't really understand how it works, so if someone could give me a little help, it would be appreciated. I understand that I need to make a shoutbox.php (code is given) and index.php (code given) but how to I get it into an .html file? It also says something about MySQL which I don't have so maybe I'll have to forget about it.

What I really want though is a way to enable visitors to comment on the various pieces on my site, http://trhaynes.ionichost.com/mywriting . I thought that a shoutbox would be a precursor - then I could do the individual comments. I only have .php support though - is it possible?

tom

HAHAH I just got my Shoutbox installed :D
http://darkbo.hypermart.net/news.shtml

But mine is unix server so I used cgi scripts

anyways heres a list of php shoutbox scripts, happ hunting :D

http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Chat/Shoutbox/


Chang