RE: [PHP] PHP scripts in HTML

Don, Why don't you just rename your .html file to .php and use 'include' to call an external php script. -brian ********* > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Mebberson [mailto:scott@redbluedesign.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 4:47 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP scripts in HTML > > > Hi Don, > > This wont work as PHP is a server side scripting language. So by the time > your page gets displayed in a browser, php has already packed up and gone > home. It has done it's job and exited your page. > > For your webserver to recognise php it must be incompessed in > <?php ?> tags, > or <? ?>. This is so your webserver knows when to start up php (so to > speak). > > Inserting the <script...> statement like you did is to late, > because all of > the information has already be passed to the browser and php > can't write any > more information to the page. > > Hope this helps. > > > "Don" <don@lclcan.com> wrote in message > news:3A8AF881.D6F3406F@lclcan.com... > > I would like to know if there is a way to accomplish the following: > > In my HTML file, I have the following: > > > > <script language="php" > > src="/phpscript/testscript.php"></script> > > > > In the testscript.php file, I have: > > > > <?PHP > > echo "Hello Don"; > > echo "What is up?"; > > ?> > > > > When I run the html file, I do not see the PHP code but if I place the > > above code directly in my HTML file, it displays. > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >