Advanced Poll v2.02 "Cookie"?

ok is <?php require "poll_cookie.php"; ?> is suppose to be the first line in the page of code is that in the body tag? Right. It still gives me an error so I have to be missing something. Help someone please. Maybe if someone would paste there code that works or just tell me what I am doing wrong.

Thanks

This code is supposed to go before the opening <html> tag

<?php
// Important! You have to include it before your html code
include_once "/home/therocc.org/httpdocs/advpoll/poll_cookie.php";
?>

The rest of the code goes in the body tap wherever you want your poll placed on the page.