Re: PHP & HTML: newbie question

hmmm... not sure about the cgi part. you'll probably need to start the file with something like #!/usr/loca/bin/php -q either way, within the file, you also need to tell the php parser what is php and what is html. surround the php code with <?php ?> tags like <?php $var = 'Hello World'; ?> <html><head></head><body> <table><tr><td><?php print($var); ?></td></tr></table> </body></html> on 1/16/02 2:25 PM, Richard at reeshard@mac.com wrote: > > Hi there > > I just signed up for an account at Spaceports so I can play with PHP ­ I > placed some PHP code in an HTML page and uploaded it to the server. > > But when I checked it in my browser I got the error message: can¹t parse > line 1 > > Line 1 is simply the <HTML> tag!! > > On one of their user forums someone suggested getting rid of the HTML tags > so I did and just left the PHP code on its own and this works fine ­ so how > can I use PHP with HTML? > > I think it has something to do with the fact that have to use their CGI > server to run PHP??? > > Cheers > > Richard S > -- mike cullerton michaelc at cullerton dot com