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PHP Problem
Posted by:
alans1234
(86.96.226.---)
Date: November 08, 2009 10:41AM
A newbie question so be gentle
Wampserver won't run the PHP portions of test scripts. The HTML portion works fine. The following is one example but I have tried several others:
Test.php
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an HTML line</p>
<?php
echo "<p>This is a PHP line</p>";
phpinfo();
?>
</body>
</html>
I am running XP Pro and Firefox as my main browser.
As you can see I am using long tags. If I type localhost into the browser it satisfactorily returns "Index of .. " and points to the wampserver "webprojects" directory. A phpmyadmin/index.php command satisfactorily fires up phpmyadmin. So the system is partially working.
My PHP log file is completely empty and I have come round to thinking my bog standard install isn't pointing at the right directories but have now got stuck and am at a loss.
Any help would be much appreciated, I have spent the last week researching forum articles and fixes and definitely need to move on !
Wampserver won't run the PHP portions of test scripts. The HTML portion works fine. The following is one example but I have tried several others:
Test.php
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an HTML line</p>
<?php
echo "<p>This is a PHP line</p>";
phpinfo();
?>
</body>
</html>
I am running XP Pro and Firefox as my main browser.
As you can see I am using long tags. If I type localhost into the browser it satisfactorily returns "Index of .. " and points to the wampserver "webprojects" directory. A phpmyadmin/index.php command satisfactorily fires up phpmyadmin. So the system is partially working.
My PHP log file is completely empty and I have come round to thinking my bog standard install isn't pointing at the right directories but have now got stuck and am at a loss.
Any help would be much appreciated, I have spent the last week researching forum articles and fixes and definitely need to move on !
Re: PHP Problem
Posted by:
stevenmartin99
(---.b-ras2.blp.dublin.eircom.net)
Date: November 08, 2009 11:30AM
maybe your file isnt called .php but .php.txt
windows by default hides file extentsions for known types
you shud turn this off
start>control panel>folder options>view(tab)> UNTICK "Hide file extentions for known file types"
now check that your file is name correctly
Steven Martin
stevenmartin99@gmail.com
stevenmartin99@hotmail.com
PampServer.com - [pampserver.com]
windows by default hides file extentsions for known types
you shud turn this off
start>control panel>folder options>view(tab)> UNTICK "Hide file extentions for known file types"
now check that your file is name correctly
Steven Martin
stevenmartin99@gmail.com
stevenmartin99@hotmail.com
PampServer.com - [pampserver.com]
Re: PHP Problem
Posted by:
alans1234
(86.96.229.---)
Date: November 08, 2009 11:48AM
Thanks Steve much appreciated
Your suggestion is my default on WinXP but I have double checked anyway and the settings are as you suggest.
I was very careful to check the file extensions a while ago when I first encountered problems. The files definitely have a .php extension. Also, just to make you aware, the files were prepared in notepad++.
Alan
Your suggestion is my default on WinXP but I have double checked anyway and the settings are as you suggest.
I was very careful to check the file extensions a while ago when I first encountered problems. The files definitely have a .php extension. Also, just to make you aware, the files were prepared in notepad++.
Alan
Re: PHP Problem
Posted by:
stevenmartin99
(---.b-ras2.blp.dublin.eircom.net)
Date: November 08, 2009 12:00PM
ok cool. what is your exact output for the above file..
in IE VIEW -PAGE SOURCE .. and paste it up here
Steven Martin
stevenmartin99@gmail.com
stevenmartin99@hotmail.com
PampServer.com - [pampserver.com]
in IE VIEW -PAGE SOURCE .. and paste it up here
Steven Martin
stevenmartin99@gmail.com
stevenmartin99@hotmail.com
PampServer.com - [pampserver.com]
Re: PHP Problem
Posted by:
alans1234
(86.96.227.---)
Date: November 08, 2009 12:34PM
Firefox Browser Screen Output
This is an HTML line
This is a PHP line
"; phpinfo(); ?>
Firefox View - Page Source Output
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an HTML line</p>
<?php
echo "<p>This is a PHP line</p>";
phpinfo();
?>
</body>
</html>
This is an HTML line
This is a PHP line
"; phpinfo(); ?>
Firefox View - Page Source Output
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an HTML line</p>
<?php
echo "<p>This is a PHP line</p>";
phpinfo();
?>
</body>
</html>
Re: PHP Problem
Posted by:
alans1234
(86.96.227.---)
Date: November 08, 2009 01:12PM
Ah ha - that's cracked it. It is the simple things that get you !!!!
For the benefit of others, my file is in the c:/wamp/www directory but I was trying to launch it from the Wampserver www.directory menu. I was confused because htm, html files open up from here just fine. Also ini and conf files in the other directories.
I just wished I had asked a week and a half ago !!
many thanks Steve and Dan
For the benefit of others, my file is in the c:/wamp/www directory but I was trying to launch it from the Wampserver www.directory menu. I was confused because htm, html files open up from here just fine. Also ini and conf files in the other directories.
I just wished I had asked a week and a half ago !!
many thanks Steve and Dan
Re: PHP Problem
Posted by:
yfastud
(Moderator)
Date: November 08, 2009 02:35PM
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FREE Photo
FREE Games
FREE Websites
FREE Portable GPS
FREE WAMP Guides
Re: PHP Problem
Posted by:
ERMIS
(196.1.218.---)
Date: November 14, 2009 12:31PM
Hi mates,
It seems that I face the same problem in here, c2dan, what do u mean by "YOU MUST go to [localhost] to run your .php files."?
How I can do this ?
sorry for the basic question.
Thnaks...
It seems that I face the same problem in here, c2dan, what do u mean by "YOU MUST go to [localhost] to run your .php files."?
How I can do this ?
sorry for the basic question.
Thnaks...
Re: PHP Problem
Posted by:
yfastud
(Moderator)
Date: November 14, 2009 09:59PM
as already posted here, to setup basic website, follow this
[blog.jlbn.net]
Have fun,
FREE One A Day
FREE Photo
FREE Games
FREE Websites
FREE Portable GPS
FREE WAMP Guides
[blog.jlbn.net]
Have fun,
FREE One A Day
FREE Photo
FREE Games
FREE Websites
FREE Portable GPS
FREE WAMP Guides
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