php help

[mikensu]

When I click on the .php files no webpage is coming up.  When I include php code in an html page the php code does not show up.  But if I save a html code in a .php file the html code does show up.  The system does reconize the .php extention as php files.  How do I troubleshoot this.

 

 

[micah1701]

well it could be something complex like not having PHP installed

 

or it could be that you just have an error somewhere in your PHP code which keeps the whole page from being sent to the brower.

 

try this:

make a new page, named something like  "text.php"

 

the put this code in it.

 

Here is some <b>HTML</b> <br>
<br>
<?php
echo "and Here is some PHP";
?>

 

if that loads, the I suspect the problem is in your original source code.

[mikensu]

Ok loaded that code and saved as txt.php and no page shows up.  How can I troubleshoot??

 

 

<?php

echo "and Here is some PHP";

?>

 

 

[$username]

If you are trying to open a *.php file by clicking on it you will get nothing. You have to have a web server with PHP installed to then open them through a web browser "URL/file.php" PHP requires a PHP engine to display or process PHP code. There are many great free package that work great. Google WAMP  or LAMP.

 

Brett

[mikensu]

I did download php and I have a server.  I have apache and internet explore.  Anything else I can try???

 

 

[lemmin]

Are you opening the file by clicking on it? If so, you can't do that. Put the file in your root directory for your apache server and type "http://localhost/file.php" into IE.

[mikensu]

ok I got the error "You dont have permission to access the file" after i typed http://localhost/"filename" in the root directory url for apache

 

 

[$username]

Ok it looks like you have to open the permissions on Apache.

 

Maybe something like this.

 

Listen *:80

 

 

and some of this.

 

 

If you read through the httpd.conf you will find lots of stuff in there.