Interesting web browser result

[dsnorris]

Greetings,

I am very new at all this and am working to get Apache 2 and php5 working together. I have downloaded both and installed them so many times I have lost count. At any rate, I believe I have them working now, but when I test a php page in Firefox, it shows up, but when I test it in Explorer, all I get is a blank screen. When I check the page source I can see the script (which is a small date script) in explorer.

I am wondering if I have everything set up right, or am I missing something? Why would it work in FF and not explorer? Please do have patience with me I am quite new and merely wish to learn.

Thanks for any and all help.

[trq]

It shouldn't matter what browser your using as php is parsed ont eh server and then sent to the browser.

How are you calling these pages? Are you using a local address such as [a href=\"http://localhost/script.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://localhost/script.php[/a] in the address bar?

[dsnorris]

[!--quoteo(post=363337:date=Apr 10 2006, 10:56 AM:name=thorpe)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(thorpe @ Apr 10 2006, 10:56 AM) [snapback]363337[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
It shouldn't matter what browser your using as php is parsed ont eh server and then sent to the browser.

How are you calling these pages? Are you using a local address such as [a href=\"http://localhost/script.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://localhost/script.php[/a] in the address bar?
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Yes, actually I am using localhost just because I am trying to figure all this out. I didn't think that it should matter what web browser I was using.

I had made a test.html page, to test apache as well and with Explorer I see what I have in the index.html, but with the php test, I get a blank page.
With FF, I see the instal page for apache "sucessful installation!", but no index.html. I see the test.php too!

I find this quite confusing and do not know where the issue could lie.
Once again, any and all help is greatly appreciated.