[Resolved] PHP? Web Host? Or My Computer?

tuf-web_co_uk

it might not happen on your computer, but i happened on the 2 i have at home

when i try to access http://www.theutherfish.com i am asked to download a file
however when i access it from http://www.theutherfish.co.uk it works fine

Also if i use http://www.theutherfish.com/index.php it works fine aswell

I'm not sure where this problem lies but i thought i'd come here and ask a trusty source!! 🙂

thanks,
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TheDefender

It all worked fine for me... What file is being downloaded?

tuf-web_co_uk

If i click open, then choose to open it with ie i get my source code!!

<?
include("./includes/template.php");
?>

Note : now i cant even access that image file without being asked to download a file

TheDefender

When I try to access the filedownload.gif file, I get bounced to the home page:

http://www.theutherfish.com/

tuf-web_co_uk

sorry its meant to be .GIF

either way it says...

You are downloading the file:

/ from theutherfish[1]

TheDefender

That is odd, because it doesn't even specify a file name on the download dialog... You may want to get your host involved. It's almost as if your host doesn't have the domain setup to be able to use index.php as the default file, but it works for me, so..... hmmmmmmm...

Do you have any other files in the directory named index. or default.? Your browser may be interpreting a different file than the index.php as the default file. It's just odd.

What happens if you try to open it from the dialog box, instead of saving it first? Does the script run, or just display in the browser as text?

tuf-web_co_uk

if i click open and then open it with ie

it shows the source code

<? 
include("./includes/template.php"); 
?>

i checked a few urls and it works on these
http://theutherfish.com
and
http://www.theutherfish.com/?

i have no other index. or default. in my directory

i asked my host about it and they said it was something to do with my computer :eek:!!

but it did the same on my laptop

TheDefender

I am stretching here, since it works for me here... But, short tags may be disabled on the www subdomain of the domain.

Change your code to:

<?php
include("./includes/template.php");  

?>

instead of:

<?
include("./includes/template.php");  

?>

Also, make sure there is no whitespace anywhere at the top of the files, and add the php to the tag on all of your scripts, so they all look like <?php ?> instead of <? ?>

tuf-web_co_uk

thanks for the suggestion, however all my pages are <? ?>

and if i try to access any other page it works, its just http://www.theutherfish.com that doesnt.

what i want to know is why adding a question mark at the end works

http://www.theutherfish.com/? works fine like i said

TheDefender

Oh, the reason I suggest that is because your webserver is not parsing the page properly, and is sending it to your browser unparsed. Well, obviously, the browser doesn't know how to parse it, so it just prompts you to open or save it, because it really isn't sure what to do with it. Why it works without the www, or with the ? is anyone's guess, but code your code for the broadest scenario, and work down from there... Otherwise, you may need to post the template include file's code, because there may be something there preventing the webserver from parsing the php properly.

tuf-web_co_uk

ok thanks, i'll get to work

one more thing however, it was all working fine up until midnight last night!!

tuf-web_co_uk

i dont believe it

it actually worked :/

so it was a mixture of php/my computer

i hate my computer

thank you ever so much

TheDefender

That is a bit Weird, but at least it worked... When I first learned about short tags, that was all I wanted to do... Yay, 3 less keystrokes 😉 but it became a headache trying to code for everyone, and every webserver, so I abandoned it, and tag everything with <?php ?> now...