I am trying to install phpBB (an open-source bulletin baord program). It says to simply change the permissions on config.php to allow anyone to write to it and then to open the script with a broswer and answer the questions you're presented with. I have tried to open it (along with every other .php file that comes with the package and IE simply opens the file like a text file so that I can see the text of the script rather than actually running the scritpt. Any ideas what might be causing that?
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PHP scripts not run by browser
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danielhozac
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You apparently don't have PHP installed. phpBB is made to run on a webserver, not local machines. If you have a webserver installed, for testing purposes maybe, you could try the scripts there (if they are supported by PHP, of course). //Daniel
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Thank you for your help 
. I've never worked with PHP before and thought it was something that iis would run by default. I'm just installing it on my local machine so that I can get used to it before I put it out. I installed PHP and everything is going great now
. I've never worked with PHP before and thought it was something that iis would run by default. I'm just installing it on my local machine so that I can get used to it before I put it out. I installed PHP and everything is going great now- Status