I have Joomla installed in my computer, but recently have been writing php files that aren't related to the Joomla-managed site. For some reason, when I try to open those php files in the web browser using xampp (note: Joomla also is using xampp), the browser doesn't process the code w/in the tags as php code.
For example, after opening a basic page (a page with title "test", no content except in the body tags) in the web browser and going to the source code, the following is shows up in the source code:
<body>
<?php echo "hello"; ?>
</body>
instead of the HTML conversion. (i.e. just "hello")
Does anyone have an idea about what's going on here?
Thanks.
It's probably because PHP module isn't loaded in your apache. Be sure it is enabled
PHP is interpreted in the server, not the browser. Whatever's going wrong, you need to look at the SERVER side to resolve it.
My first guess: maybe you didn't suffix the file ".php" (so the server doesn't recognize it as a PHP file?)
Second guess: is the directory containing your PHP files configured to parse PHP?
If you have Joomla, you probably have PHP. You probably also have Apache.
So check your Apache configuration, and check your file naming conventions.
Is the file extension .php? The server doesn't magically know when you're serving php files, this is a good way to ensure it knows what you're doing.
Apache is looking into your localhost's defined root directory for files it can parse. In this case htdocs. This is the default for XAMPP. As far as Apache is concerned, it will not interpret any files outside of that folder.
if the problem in php module it better to re install php5 in to the system and it will work fine. probably the problem is in php module you should try re installing php in your system.
Just restart httpd service. It will work fine.
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
if it has not worked please reinstall PHP once again.
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I haven't worked in a very long time with php so this question may be a very noob one.
I've installed apache server 2.0.65, and although when i call the localhost, my page in htdocs gets executed, only the html code appears in the view. The php code appears in the source view as html would, thus leading me to believe that it doesn't get interpreted.
My code is the from w3school:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "My first PHP script!";
?>
</body>
</html>
what am i not doing ok?
You did not install PHP
You did not configure PHP to run your file (by default it will process files with a .php extensions)
You aren't actually visiting http://localhost/foo.php in your browser
Apache would just run HTML, CSS. In order to make PHP work, you must install PHP, and set environment variable on your local machine, so that all files with .php extension would be run by PHP.
Filename must have a .php file extension.
PHP must be installed and running - if you can open a terminal and type php -v or use top to see if php is running.
If you are running on your local computer try installing WAMP or something similar.
I have to do a php project. I done php before so I understand the syntax for the most part. Just for a test, I made a file.php and in it I wrote:
<html>
<body>
<?php echo "helloWorld"; ?>
</body>
</html>
Well it won't display. The screen is blank. I tried it in chrome, firefox, IE and nothing wants to dispaly. Actually in IE, the source is displayed which is wierd. I also tried it without all the html and just used xampp to render it. It will not work. If I right click tho in the browser and view source, the code is there. Any ideas on what's going on?
Well, it comes from your web server configuration. If you're using Apache, have you enabled the mod-php module?
If you're new to setting up your own server, i would recommend using XAMPP (or WAMP), these are preconfigured PHP, Apache and MySQL servers.
If you're sure you have setup your server correctly check the following:
Make sure your executing your files from the server directory and NOT from a local directory. (your URL should look something like "http://localhost/test.php")
Note: You will need to phisically store the files in a place the apache server will look for, an example from XAMPP (on Windows, as thats what im assuming your using) is: "C:\xampp\htdocs"
Make sure your file ends in .php or something else that the Apache server will pickup as a PHP file. (.php3, .php4, etc)(make sure you didn't accidentally leave a .txt or something like that at the very end)
Check mod-php module is enabled (as Julien mentioned)
Hope that helps!
Edit:
Try
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
That as well, it should give you the php configuration information if the server is setup correctly.
EDIT2:
I see that you are using XAMPP, double check that the following file exists at the very least:
"C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf", it loads the PHP module
I have installed XAMPP server on my system to be able to use PHP. But after installation, when I run any php script on the browser it does not run. I do not see any ouput. No checking the phpinfo() from local host I see that version 5.3.5 is installed
Even when running a a simple php file like where I echo a line;
I do not see anything on my browser. So, my question is do I need to make any configuration changes to my browser or system to get PHP running.
Put your scripts into /XAMPP/htdocs and then point your browser to: http://localhost/your_script.php
Your best bet is taking a look at your log files, and perhaps turning error reporting on. Put a simple script in your webroot that simply echo's a string, for example:
<?php echo "Hello World!";
with the above there is very little that can go wrong. Work from there. Take a look at your phpinfo, and see where your log files are located. Search for
error_log
for the path to your PHP error log file and maybe see if
display_errors
is on.
This is something that has a multitude of possibilities that can be the cause of your problem.
install phpxx-php which is used for creating dynamic web sites
check version of php using php -v
if you have php55 then use:
yum install php55-php.x86_64
Ensure to save file as .php ; e.g. index.php and not index.html
From Troublespy here are the reasons why php might not be working in the browser:
You did not download a local server
You are using the wrong version of php
You put your scripts in the wrong directory
You have a php error and the error didn't get printed
Your php code is wrong or incomplete
Make sure you check all reasons.
Hy!!
I just get a vserver running debian. I just installed apache and php. Now the server should support php.
i uploaded the file index.php:
<?
echo "Hallo";
?>
The problem is if i start a request to the site my browser wants to download a file.
Whats could be the problem?
THX
have you restarted apache after installing PHP?
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
This could mean that the Mime extension of the File is not registered with the web server which means you will need to check if you have the PHP Interpreter installed as a extension/plugin in your server.
Try:
<?php
echo "Hallo";
The short_open_tags is disabled in may distributions by default. If you have to support legacy pages you can anable them in php.ini, if not then just use the above, your code will be more compatible.
Your server isn't set to parse PHP files before they are output.
Check out these pages:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/archive/index.php/t-7100332.html
http://www.petefreitag.com/item/516.cfm
If your page works if you changed that to the <?php tags, then vbence would be right, it could be as shanethehat says that you just need to restart apache if you've already made the change to php.ini, one of the joys of all these things working together you need to work through all the options to find out where these things fall down so you know where to start looking to fix it
(Found why it wasnt displaying, I hadnt put code round the php tags)
I have a quick question that I can't figure out. I've tried searching Google and following examples, but I can't find anything.
I have an HTML form that I'm trying to process with a PHP file, but when I submit the form, it merely prints the source of the PHP file, it doesn't execute it. If I run the PHP file by itself (not indirectly through the HTML button), it works fine.
HTML form header:
<form id="registrationform" name="registrationform" method="post" action="processregistration.php">
Submit button:
<button type="submit" value="Submit" >Create</button>
The PHP form is just <?php print "Hello"; /?
Again, it runs fine if I just run the PHP file, but prints the PHP file (doesn't run) when it gets called through the HTML form.
Any help is appreciated.
edit-Running locally through Coda
edit-Here is the output that I'm getting:
Output when the PHP is called through an HTML action:
</php
print "Hello";
?>
Output when I run the PHP directly through Coda:
Hello
I had the same problem and just fixed it on my coda version 1.7.4
I installed MAMP on my mac and set up the apache path under MAMP preferences to the folder where my sites are located;
/Users/yourUserName/Sites
this points MAMP's 'http://localhost:8888' address to your sites folder, if you paste that on your browser you'll now see your sites folder's content in the browser.
then, all you do is point the local site's connection settings to the site you are testing;
I was going to post an image, but I'm new to the site and wasn't allowed.
Under my site's preferences i set up the addresses as follows;
Root URL : 'http://localhost:8888/yourSiteRootFolder/'
Local URL : 'http://localhost:8888/yourSiteRootFolder/'
Remote Root : /yourSiteRootFolder/
Local Root : /Users/amartinez/Sites/yourSiteRootFolder/
I hope this is related to the problem you're having and helps you fix it.
Line #19 from Coda 1.6 Release notes:
Coda no longer tries to locally
preview a remote PHP file while
editing/previewing
Listed under "Improvement" - doubt they brought it back for the 1.7 release.
I'm running Apache2/PHP5 10.5.8 OS X (no problem reproducing your issue with Coda)
Even when running my form.html and post.php files from /Library/WebServer/Documents folder.
My sample files work fine in the Apache env....I just needed to run them through Coda to "break" them. :-)
Are you sure the html file and the php script are on a server with php support enabled?
I've never used Coda, but you need to be running it through a server (e.g. Apache + PHP). You cannot just open the file itself within Windows.
Try looking at xampp as a quick server for testing.
If it works properly, you should be viewing the PHP file on something like http://localhost/test.php instead of file:///something/test.php.
This may be because you don't have PHP installed on your server. I would check to make sure that your hosting package included PHP, pre installed.
Here are some resources to get you started with that, if not installed:
http://www.thesitewizard.com/php/install-php-5-apache-windows.shtml
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.php
http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_install.asp
Edit: actually, I think I may have found it.
If you look at the starting PHP tag, you have a slash instead of a ?. If that's in your script, just change that to <?php. But it may not be, it could be that's just question format-ing.