Tried ALL versions of PHP5 not working

azn_ryder02

Hi Everyone,
I'm kind new to everything but I've been trying to install Apache and PHP5 for offline PHP development but Nothing i've tried gets PHP to be displayed. I've been trying for weeks

Ive tried the following combos:
Apache 1.33, PHP 5 MSI install
Apache 2.0.6 , PHP5 MSI and Manual install
Apache 2.2.9 , PHP5 MSI and Manual install
WampServer 2.0
XAMPP
on all installs PHP info script doesnt display all i see is a blank page
<?
phpInfo();
?>

and

my Hello.html only shows the html portion

<html>
<head>
<title>Hello in PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello in PHP</h1>

<? print "Hello, world!;
phpInfo(); ?>

</body>
</html>

I am also not getting any errors And I am gettin PHP displayed on command line and apache is registering on localhost
I am extremely frustrated if anyone can get me over this hump it would be greatly appreciated

I am currently running MYSQL community server 5 successfully on

Windows XP Media Center service pack 3
if theres anymore info you need plz ask at this point I am willing to reinstall my whole system again.

I would prefer to be running
Apache 2.2.9
PHP 5.2.6
MySQL community server 5

but i at this point i would any release combo that works
p.s.
I did look over the official documentation so plz someone HELP!!

azn_ryder02

Someone plz help

cahva

You are using short open tags ( <? ) and those are set to off by default. Try with the full tag:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

You can find the setting in php.ini and its "short_open_tag" if you want to change it. Personally, I wouldnt.

azn_ryder02

cahva wrote:
You are using short open tags ( <? ) and those are set to off by default. Try with the full tag:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
You can find the setting in php.ini and its "short_open_tag" if you want to change it. Personally, I wouldnt.

ive aslso tried that but its still the same

azn_ryder02

I finally managed to get the <?PHP PHPinfo(); ?> to display but the embeded php in hello.html
still doesnt work

<html>
<head>
<title>Hello in PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello in PHP</h1>
<?PHP print "Hello, world!"; phpInfo(); ?>
</body>
</html>

only <h1>Hello in PHP</h1> displays in the browser
the <?PHP print "Hello, world!"; phpInfo(); ?> doesnt show up at all.
can soemone plz shed some light on this.

cahva

Well your file is called "hello.html" and by default files with .html extension are not parsed by php. Name it "hello.php"

rm_phpbuilder

edit your httpd.conf in apache...

look for...

DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory

is requested.

#
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>

change your DirectoryIndex [filename] ex...index.php or index.html

cahva

DirectoryIndex has nothing to do with this issue. That is used to tell what names are treated as index pages. In apache if you want php to parse .html files, you have to add this apache setting in httpd.conf (or virtualhost):

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

But I dont recommend it so thats why I did not mention it.