Re: debugging and getting output from php code embedded in html

Thanks for the correction... But even explicit calls to "echo" in my HTML file give me no output... ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Vul <edv@whitepj.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] debugging and getting output from php code embedded in html > I am also very green, maybe even teal... but i think i see your problem: > both echo commands are inside the if statement... > $conn = pg_Connect("host=localhost user=mcsauto dbname=mcsauto"); > if (!$conn) > { > echo "Error !!!.\n"; > } > echo "No Error !!!.\n"; > > I think that would work... but I may be wrong too.... > and there might be some errors in your connect string, but i know nothing > about that :) > > > ""James Purvins"" <purvinsj@voyager.net> wrote in message > news:015001bfe83b$1fc23900$28dbcfa9@net... > I am extremely green and just starting my php journey. > > how do i display output information in an HTML file for debugging purposes? > > currently, it seems all my "echo" commands in the html file do not display > when i browse the file. where are these echo commands going? are they going > to the great bit bucket in the sky??? how do i get them to display?? > > am i missing something really basic here? > > here is the code fragment ----> > > $conn = pg_Connect("host=localhost user=mcsauto dbname=mcsauto"); > if (!$conn) { echo "Error !!!.\n"; echo "No Error !!!.\n" } ; > > in either case...success or failure...shouldn't i be getting a message when > i browse the file? > > thank you for your patience....this list is really great!!! > > Jim Purvins > > > > > -- > 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 > >