PHP Echo

UncleSam

Hi guys is there something below a newbie if there is im one,
For coding im using Dreamweaver MX an when i enter

<?php echo "Hello<p>"; ?>

to make a nice echo somehow dreamweaver doesnt accept it the <? is red so it doesnt work. You know an answer??

UncleSam

hermzz

weird, it works on my computer, try:

<?php
$myvar = "Hello World";
echo $myvar;
?>

If it still gives you an error, then it's probably a server error, like you saved in the wrong place, or php isn't working properly.
The fact that the <?php is in red doesn't matter, I use the same editor and it's also in red in my case, but it still works.

UncleSam

No thats not the problem it doesnt accept the <?php. As long as i have the ? It wont work but without its not a php script so it wont work either something must be wrong wiith the settings

hermzz

did you try it on the srever?

UncleSam

nice idea

thanks

mrmufin

Or you could just not use Dreamweaver...

UncleSam

tell me a better one....😃 😃

amaranth

Try using the <% %> tags. But first, turn this feature on in your php.ini file (look for the asp_tags property).

The reason your <? ?> tags might not be working has something to do with your HTML authoring tool. Lots of them prefer the <% %> authoring style.

~Amaranth~

UncleSam

it also could be that it is not correctly installed cause the installing is not very easy 😃 if you cant speak english does someone have a link for a german install??

UncleSam

mwood_2k2

You didn't put it in your cgi-bin directory did you? lol. Because if it is in there it won't parse them as php it will parse them as cgi.

Plus have you installed php on your local webserver properly? I.e; set your web servers config to execute php files?

I use php with dreamweaver mx, I'm a bit of a begginer but it does work. I'm working on my own form mail script and I have a question about that but I will ask in a seperate thread :-]

Dreamweaver mx is cool though, I like it's ftp functions, straight from the interface with hardly any clicking u can dl your whole site or upload it all in 1 shot, or even upload single files when you save them automatically. And there is also the code snippets function, where you can write your own chunks of code such as a form etc, and save it in there so you can insert them at your leisure with only a couple of clicks, saves you time, but then again php can do that by using variables and including a file with the html set as variables and calling on them in your pages. But for people who are using only html and css I think it's a great program!

UncleSam

No they arent in the cgi-bin

i think the problem was the install

Thanks

UncleSam

jerdo

The problem is Dreamweaver. Those WYSIWYG editors that everyone loves try to control what code you can input way too much.

zalath

....no, it isn't. DW doesn't do that. Trust me, I've been using it for ages now for all my PHP development.

Oh, yeah. The <?php is supposed to be red. It's not red when you type in <? because DW doesn't recognise that as a php tag. It still works though.

This is a feature called syntax hilighting 😉

hermzz

i agree with zalath, but the thing is that Dw does and does not control the code input. Dw has a feature that alows to edit WYSIWYG and text based. so the WYSIWYG input can be edited with the text editor, all in one editor, many other WYSIWYG do this too. of course many people who do this like me don't know the whole html code.

zalath

Of course it has to control what it creates, but if you alter it, it won't discard your changes, and the changes will be reflected in design-view.

UncleSam

Sure does it highlite them red

DWMX and FP