Form action problem

[nc_brox]

Hi, I'm completely new to php and mysql and I desperately need help.

I'm trying to create a form which when the user hits submit sends the details to a mysql table that I already have set up in my database.
I think I'm ok with the code for 'insert into' etc etc, but when I am testing this out in the browser, I hit submit and it actually tries to open the php file rather than execute it. Is this normal??? I don't think it should be doing this!! :queasy:

i.e. in my form I have <form action="insert.php" method="post" etc - I hit submit and I am asked 'which program do you want to open this file with?'

Please help!!

Thanks!

[sheephat]

php is not installed corretly or not installed at all

[nc_brox]

I haven't got php installed - I didn't realise that I would have to just to get the website to run. So does that mean that if a user of my site doesn't have php installed then they won't be able to register?

[shaneH]

Sheephat, is saying it sound like PHP isn't installed on the web hosting server. PHP is a severside script, which means all php code is handled by the server the web site is hosted on. The server processes it and spits out the html unless there is and error and then is send the error.

[sheephat]

Have a read mate,

http://www.php.net/manual/en/introduction.php