help a newbie out

[bloodmage2]

hello, i've decided to learn php recently, and i've found tutorials on the internet. i have notepad ++ and i have a problem. whenever i run the file, instead of doing what the tutorial claims it to do, it simply prints out on the browser the code, for example,

<?php

function myfunc($argument)

{

    echo $argument + 10;

}

$variable = 10;

echo "myfunc($variable) = " . myfunc($variable);

?>

would not print out the results, but print out what is above, sans the <?php .

i have no experaince, and i need help.

[Garethp]

You need a webserver to host it on.

 

http://www.easyphp.org/index.php

 

You need to install that, put the php files in the www folder, then run the program, then go to http://127.0.0.1

 

PHP needs a webserver to run on, it doesn't work like HTML