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FireGeek21

FireGeek21

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Dec 12, 2007
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I am new to PHP and have been going through some tutorials. It seems fairly easy to learn. Immediately, I am having issues with what is displayed on the web. This is what is displayed:

Current date and time: " . date("r") . "
"; ?>

Here is my simple code I am using out of a tutorial. Is this a case of a bad tutorial or is there some syntax issue I need to tweak?

Code: 
<html>
<head>
<title>My first PHP document</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php 

echo "<p>Current date and time: " . date("r") . "</p>";

?>

</body>
</html>

THANK YOU!!!

FireGeek
(currently using Crystal Reports XI with Lawson 9.01)
 
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i suspect that this request is not being parsed by php. either because you have incorrectly configured php or you have not named the file correctly.
 
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Hi

... or everything is configured and named correctly, but the OP opened the file in the browser, instead of requesting it. ( Simply put : the protocol in the location bar is http:// or file:// ? )

Feherke.
[link feherke.github.com/][/url]
 
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@feherke
wouldn't then he also have seen the html tags?
 
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@feherke

slow witted today. you are quite right.
 
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Thank you for all your help. I was going thru tutorials and trying to learn this on my own. As it turns out, none of the tutorials I was going through said I should name the file with the .php extension. Because of the <html> tags, I assumed it should be saved with the .html extension.

Assume no more! If it has <?php code/tags, save it as a .php file.

Thanks again! More questions yet to come I am sure!

FireGeek
(currently using Crystal Reports XI with Lawson 9.01)
 
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If it has <?php code/tags, save it as a .php file.
Click to expand...

there are alternatives, but that's the standard and most used method.
 
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