diff --git a/modules/compiler_vm/languages/php.pm b/modules/compiler_vm/languages/php.pm
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..752fee2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/compiler_vm/languages/php.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+package php;
+use parent '_default';
+
+sub initialize {
+  my ($self, %conf) = @_;
+
+  $self->{sourcefile}      = 'prog.php';
+  $self->{execfile}        = 'prog.php';
+  $self->{default_options} = '';
+  $self->{cmdline}         = 'php $options $sourcefile';
+}
+
+1;