SUPER noob needs help (Warning really dumb noob)

phpDumbo

hey im trying to get php to work and i cant

i use notepad to write the file then save it as Hello.php and change to tab to "All files" then save it

and when i try to view it on my browser i get the stupid code! or it just does not show anything

im using IE as a browser and when i try to open the file it does nothing
here is my code

Rodney_H_

Did you make sure to save the file with a '.php' file extension?

halojoy

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>My PhP</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php
error_reporting( E_ALL); // to get some reports from php
echo "Hello world";
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

should work as 'Hello.php'
if you have php support at your server

to check if you have PHP at your server
save this page as 'phpinfo.php' and open it in your browser

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

wreed

Yea we need to know alittle bit more about how and where you are trying to run the files from?

ISP Host? Web Host? Localhost? IIS? Apache? Details 🙂

darylmalcolm

I think you'll just plug in the code from halojoy (all by itself, if you like) and save the file as test.php in the same directory as index.htm.

If your server has php installed, and you hve access to it, you should get a screenful or two of info. Otherwise, you'll see nothing, and would have to contact your hosting provider to see if things can change...

Good Luck!

-D

darylmalcolm

...phpinfo.php is a more appropriate name than test.php (should've read halojoy's post more thoroughly). What's important is that it ends in ".php".

-D