PHP file is displayed as plain text?

timstring

Here's part of the index file:

<form action="ProcessRecipe.php" method="post" name="Recipe" class="center">

<table style="width:80%; margin:auto">

<caption>       

	<p class="center"> 
    <input type="text" name="RecipeTitle" input size="96" /></p>
</caption>
       <br/>


<tr>
	<th style="width:2%" />
	<th style="font-size:16px; width:5%; text-align:center;">Qty</th>
	<th style="font-size:16px; width:5%; text-align:center;">Measure</th>
	<th style="font-size:16px; width:30%; text-align:center;">Ingredients</th>
    <th style="width:10%;"></th>
    <th style="width:2%" />
	<th style="font-size:16px; width:5%; text-align:center;">Qty</th>
	<th style="font-size:16px; width:5%; text-align:center;">Measure</th>
	<th style="font-size:16px; width:30%; text-align:center;">Ingredients</th>
</tr>

 <tr>
 	<td style="text-align:right; width:5%">1</td>
	<td style=" text-align:center;">
    <input type="text" name="1q" input size="6" id="focus-field" /><br />
    </td>

    <td style=" text-align:center;">
       <input type="text" name="1m" input size="6">
    </td>

   <td style=" text-align:center;">
      <input type="text" name="1i" input size="48" />
   </td>

---Many more rows---
---Much more code ---

<input type="submit" value="Store" class="FormButton" /><br /></p>
</form>

Then here's the code for the file triggered by

<form action="EnterNewPass.php" method="post" name="Recipe" class="center">

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>

</head>

<body>

</body>
</html>

<?php

$host="localhost";
$user="root";
$password="g1G3m#1989";
$Dbname = "Food";

$cxn = mysql_connect($host,$user,$password)
or die (mysql_error() . "couldn’t connect to server");

mysql_select_db($Dbname, $cxn)
or die(mysql_error() . "couldn't select database");

$1q = $POST['1q'];
$1m = $POST['1m'];
$1i = $_POST['1i'];

echo $1i;
?>[/code]

For some very strange reason, "ProcessRecipe.php" is displayed as a text file. I copied "ProcessRecipe.php" from a PHP file that works well. I also copied the index file from another one that works. I know I'm overlooking something obvious, but I can't figure this puzzle out

bradgrafelman

Are you sure PHP has been properly installed and integrated with your webserver?

Ashley_Sheridan

Are you running this on a web server at all? In my experience, the number one cause of this isn't because no web server is installed, it tends to be more because the site is being accessed directly though the file system locally in a browser. If the address bar shows something like file:// then you're not calling it from a web server.

timstring

Yes, I am sure that PHP is properly set up on my computer. I use XAMPP and it has worked for me on my computer for about 3 years. I have one website that hums along just fine.

No, the web server is functioning properly. There is no "file" tag in the address bar, and I do have the URLs right

dalecosp

OK. Server logs?