how to display a php file in broswer

[james0816]

I'm just messing around with PHP trying to learn it better. I created just a basic file named test.php and saved it at the root of C: (C:\test.php)

code:
<?
echo "HI";
?>

How do I get it to display in my IE browser?

every time I try to put the file name in it wants me to open or save the file.

I run PHP on my machine so I know its not a browser issue per se. Just curious.

 

[feherke]

Hi

The PHP file is a script. The proper HTML document is not the script, but its output. The script must be executed to produce its output.

You need a web server set to execute the PHP script and send its output to the browser.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[james0816]

ahhhhh....so if one is just messing around trying to learn php then it should all go in the inetpub/

http://wwwroot

folder.

gotcha...thx

 

[feherke]

Hi

If you want to learn PHP, you can do it without web server & browser. PHP script can be executed from command line too.

You can execute scripts from a file :

[blue]your prompt >[/blue] more james0816.php
<?php
for ( $i=0; $i<10; $i++ ) echo "OK", $i%2 ? "\n" : "\t" ;
?>

[blue]your prompt >[/blue] php james0816.php
OK      OK
OK      OK
OK      OK
OK      OK
OK      OK

Or code entered as parameter :

[blue]your prompt >[/blue] php -r "echo strtoupper(str_repeat(hello,3));"
HELLOHELLOHELLO

Of course this later is usefull only on Unix or Unix-like operating systems.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[bcastner]

Use a PHP IDE with interpreter. This is a good freeware PHP IDE:

http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php

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