help loading php pages

[jbillens]

I am working on a page to upload results to a database. When i submit my form to php it opens in dreamweaver.  How do I stop it from opening in dreamweaver and open in the web page and run the php script.

 

Thanks for the help

Josh

[Yesideez]

You need to be running a server on your machine that will parse the PHP - google WAMP and install that.

[jbillens]

I have wamp installed already. I can run a script to test php like <? phpinfo(); ?> and php works fine. but in my script the php does not run. could this be an error in coding or some error in setup.  I just do not understand why it would be opening off my page in dreamweaver.

 

Josh

[revraz]

Do you have <?PHP tags in your code?

[jbillens]

no i used the short hand version <?

 

I enabled this in my php.ini file

[Yesideez]

It's best to use the long version because most (not all) servers have short enabled.

[Crew-Portal]

yes it is best to use longhand because the first reason is (as said before by Yesideez) Not all servers are compliant to shorthand. Secondly if you have XML on your server these are the tage XML uses to define its DTD and that will mess up your code if running XML and PHP on one doc

 

echo "<? = Bad execpt for XML";

echo "<?php = Good For PHP";

[jbillens]

Ok I changed all opening tags but the problem still persists.