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theChris · #1 (**permalink**) March 31st, 2008, 01:46 PM

Hi, I'm trying out my first simple php snippet, but the code is displaying in the browser instead of executing. Can you see what I'm doing wrong? Here's the code:

PHP Code:

  <?php

echo "Hello World";

?>

But the browser ouputs:

Quote:

<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>

What am I doing wrong??

jmurrayhead · #2 (**permalink**) March 31st, 2008, 02:03 PM

Sounds like the server you are on doesn't support PHP. If the site is hosted, then you can verify with them if they have it setup to run PHP apps or not.

Wolffy · #3 (**permalink**) March 31st, 2008, 02:53 PM

Probably stating the obvious, but ensure your file type is .php, not .htm or .html. I spent an hour once on this one.

theChris · #4 (**permalink**) March 31st, 2008, 03:29 PM

Thanks guys, I'm running this off of my local Windows machine. Do I have to do something to get it to work? My ASP scripts run fine without having to do anything special.

Thanks

Wolffy · #5 (**permalink**) March 31st, 2008, 03:32 PM

Yup, you need to install PHP on your machine. Take a look at PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor for the downloads.

theChris · #6 (**permalink**) March 31st, 2008, 05:16 PM

Thanks guys, I found this from that website: PHP: Windows Installer (PHP 5.1.0 and earlier) - Manual

I was able to get everything working from doing this. Thanks again.

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