php script not running properly.

math_ew

Hi there,

fairly new to php but done a few things before..

i've come to it today and trying to write a SIMPLE 'include'
and it doesn't seem to be working

i've created two files index.php & menu.php

menu.php contains

<html>
<body>
<a href="http://www.example.com/index.php">Home</a> -
<a href="http://www.example.com/about.php">About Us</a> -
<a href="http://www.example.com/links.php">Links</a> -
<a href="http://www.example.com/contact.php">Contact Us</a>

index.php contains

<?php include("menu.php"); ?>
This is my home page that uses a common menu to save me time when I add
new pages to my website!
</body>
</html>

when i run the index.php in the browser it doesn't run the php code atall.

the source code is still returning the php code even..

<?php include("menu.php"); ?>
This is my home page that uses a common menu to save me time when I add
new pages to my website!
</body>
</html>

which seems very strange to me, because even if the php doesn't work, the <?php function ?> code shouldn't be visible in the source code should it?..

i've had it working before, but it doesn't seem to be having any of it today.
quite worried that i'm stuck on such a basic function.

kakki

i encountered that on 2 occasions,
1) php simply wouldnt run
2) the caching-mechansim is not working properly

bradmasterx

try: phpinfo();

math_ew

bradmasterx wrote:
try: phpinfo();

Hi bradmasterx,

thanks for your input, not quite sure in which way your intending that i implement that, and what good it will do.. ?

would it just be to receive feedback as to weather its working or not?..

does php ONLY work when run from a server (weather virtual or local)

i was sure simple 'includes' should still operate on a local host. ??
please correct me if i'm wrong.

bradgrafelman

math_ew wrote:
thanks for your input, not quite sure in which way your intending that i implement that, and what good it will do.. ?

He's simply suggesting you verify that PHP is working, e.g. making a script's entire contents:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

math_ew wrote:
does php ONLY work when run from a server (weather virtual or local)

i was sure simple 'includes' should still operate on a local host. ??

I'm not sure what you're asking... PHP will run wherever it is installed. If you're seeing the raw PHP code in the HTML source of the page, you basically have one of two problems:

PHP isn't correctly configured on your server.
You didn't actually name the page you're viewing with a .php extension (perhaps you're not viewing file extensions if using Windows?)