okay, thanks loads for the advice,
as i have very limited knowledge on HTML, let alone PHP, i have decided to try and battle with Apache HTTP server and get that running, but using HFS as the main "website" as such, binding apache server to port 8080, set a link on the index page to point to domain:8080 (apache server) which will be hosting a pre-made quote database php/mysql system!
that way i get the best of both worlds, the smooth GUI, easy filesystem etc of HFS while having the PHP support of apache