PHP blank pages

Tezread

Any attempt I am making to run PHP script results in a blank page- even:

<?php
phpinfo();

?

Im led to believe my php.ini file is set up wrong- after having a good look im not sure what to change to get my scrips running- any pointers would be great.

Many thanks

thorpe

there is an error in the above code. you have a closing >? instead of ?>

Tezread

that said- all of my other scripts bring up blank pages. This was just an example- obviously an errorneous one at that- do you have any ideas what settings in the php.ini file (version 4 from php.net) need changing?

thorpe

its more than likely a server issue. what server are you running? if its apache, did you add php to the AddType line?

laserlight

If you're looking for help for these kinds of problems, it is probably better to place the question in the Install forum, and state the version of PHP, the webserver and what operating system you are using, as well as the install process that you followed.

Tezread

Where can I look to see what version of PHP im running?

Weedpacket

The version number is part of the name of the installation package (e.g., php-4.4.0.tar.gz is the distribution for PHP v4.4.0) . You can also enter "php -v" at the command line.

Another possibility is that you haven't properly configured your server to pass requests for PHP pages on to PHP for processing. a page that reads

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

that isn't processed by PHP would just get sent to the browser as

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

And that would be the "HTML" that the browser receives and tries to render. And since <?php> isn't a valid HTML tag, it won't be rendered and all you'd see is

jmshillito

This looks very similar to my problem (see Newbies) http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10305488 : I discovered I was just trying to open the file using BROWSE and IE. I had to put the file in the webroot folder (HTDOCS), then use http://localhost/first.php to make it work
John