Cannot pass values from html file to PHP

[Anon]

i am new to PHP,
i was trying to pass the value of textboxes from a form to the php file to write them into a database. but when i click on the submit button, it asks for downloading the .php file instead of executing it.
what should i do???

any suggestions

[tomhath]

Your web server is not configured to recognize a file with a .php extension. You'll have to either contact the administrator or (if that's you) get php installed.

You might try changing the extension to .php3 to see if that works.