Problems Before I Even Start!

[Schism]

I've been wanting to learn PHP for a while, just haven't had the time.
I have a few sites that I've done, and I'd like to be able to edit info on only one page instead of 20 (ie - a changed email or phone number).

I've looked at a few tutorials, but I reach a hitch right away.
They have you copy text into a text editor (notepad) and save it as 'phpinfo.php' or something like that. Then upload it and go to that file. They say if it's not found, then your server doesn't support PHP.

Well whenever I save it as phpinfo.php, the file on my desktop is actually called 'phpinfo.php.txt'. NEver had that problem with an HTML document before.

So I upload it and it can't find it, cos it's not php, it's php.txt.
sigh
Am I doing something very wrong already?

Thanks!

[dscapuano]

This is a windows problem, really.

Assuming that you are using Notepad,
enter phpinfo.php in the file name box and then select "all files" in the "save as type" box. this should do it. Sometimes windows is tricky about this. If you really want to edit php files under windows, download Crimson Editor or one of the other good editors that understand PHP (they do syntax highligting). They give you a choice to save as .php

[Yamakazi]

Go to explorer

Tools --> Folder options
Choose the tab VIEW

UNcheck 'Hide extensions for known file types'
Press apply, press ok

[Schism]

I will try and let you know.
Thanks!