nothing displays from my php

Anon

I am new to programming php and am having an initial problem of not being able to view any php on my browser, from my own .php files.

For example, this small prog displays a blank white page:

<?php
echo ("Text generated by PHP.");
?>

any ideas, your help would be greatly appreciated.

Anon

try just doing this:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Anon

I tried:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

and still I get a blank white screen.

still confused,

Anon

does your isp support PHP?

Anon

I don't think that's the problem because:

My friend runs an Apache server with php installed.
His server hosts a site programmed with php.
The site I am working on, which is on his server, is giving me the same problem, by not printing a simple echo statement within the html:

<?php
echo(gettype($applicant));
?>

$applicant is an input from the previous page, and of course nothing prints even when it is changed out for a simple text line.

hmmmmm?

Anon

Is PHP compiled into your Apache? Did you install the requisite AddType lines so that Apache will load the PHP processor?

Anon

Make sure you have it saved as .php or .php3 or .phtml or something like that...
.html and .htm won't work...
justin

Anon

yes, its saved as .php

thnx

Anon

I am assuming :
Your friend is running on the same server and s/he is running php and you cannot.

Here are some options :
1. Try using .htaccess (see below)
2. Write or call your web host about what you'll need to do to run PHP. (this assumes you checked the setup email, faq and support site of your web host for this answer first)
3. Write or call your friend and ask if they use .htaccess and what is required in it.

So first, try creating a .htaccess like this :

DirectoryIndex index.php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

And put in in your directory where your test file (index.php) is included. If this does not work, perhaps you're running php3 so change your .htaccess to read as :

DirectoryIndex index.php
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php

Hope that helps,
Philip

Anon

In addition, if you're running PHP4, you may want to add these:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3

--ph

moyashi

OK, I'm a newbie 2 :-(

I've dug through the archieves, here there and another where, but no luck.

It seems that the ISP isn't config'd properly ... or it's just me ;-) I want to add a php forum to my friend's site, he uses Interland.

I did the hello.php and phpinfo.php calls for a simple print and for config variables.

Strange is that .php gives a 500 and .php4 prints out the full script phpinfo(). The hello script prints out hello and just skips a simple browser check :: if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT,"MSIE")) and prints both statements that 1.) you're using MS and 2.) you're not using MS

The server tutorials say that php is OK, but I wonder if I can set php through .htaccess or php.ini
I'm slightly familar with ht but with the .ini

Any help would be appreciated.