Re: PHP4/Apache: .php files OK, <?php fails

I am not sure if I am getting it correctly, but what you have to do probably is to write the page with .php extention or to add the .htm to AddType application/x-httpd-php line in httpd.conf . Regards, Nat Sakimura ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Big Ugly" <terry@uglysoftware.com> To: <php-install@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-INST] PHP4/Apache: .php files OK, <?php fails > Sorry to reply to my own post, but if anyone wants to take a look at my > web site, the problem code is demonstrated on the main page: > > http://www.uglysoftware.com > > There's an inline script, which does nothing, and a link to a separate > .php file, which works correctly. > > Thanks for any help! > > Terry McKiernan > Ugly Software > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, The Big Ugly wrote: > > > I just installed PHP 4.0.4 on Apache 1.3.14 running on RH Linux 7.0 (i386) > > and it's all looking pretty good, except that the inline <?php tags don't > > work. A file ending in .php is recognized just fine by Apache and > > executed properly. > > > > That is, if I write a little PHP script and put it in a file with > > extension .php, and load that into my browser, then it runs just like it > > should. > > > > If I have an HTML file with some of what I'll call "inline" PHP, using the > > <?php ?> construct, the server & browser completely ignore it. I can view > > the page source and see the PHP code; it is just getting ignored as if it > > were an unknown HTML tag. > > > > For example, this (test1.htm) does not work: > > > > <html> > > <head><title>Inline PHP</title><head> > > <body> > > Some stuff before the PHP<br> > > <?php echo("a line printed by PHP"); ?><br> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > All I get in the browser is the "Some stuff before the PHP" line. > > > > This, on the other hand, does work when saved as test2.php and loaded > > into the browser: > > > > <?php > > $html = <<<ENDH > > <html> > > <head><title>PHP from Script</title></head> > > <body> > > <h1>Groovy PHP</h1> > > </body> > > </html> > > ENDH; > > echo $html; > > ?> > > > > > > So, I'm mystified. PHP and Apache seem to be talking together to some > > extent, since the .php files work. Is there something I need to do to > > enable the <?php ?> tags? I have tried the short <? ?> and long <script > > language="php"> variations with the same results. > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > Terry McKiernan > > Ugly Software > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-install-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-install-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >