Re: PHP from the Browser?

OK, Scratch problem 4. I just found out that my host requires a .php3 extension to get to the v. 3 server. I hope the other 2 problems can be solved so simply. <G> Harvey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harvey Frey" <hsfrey@earthlink.net> To: <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 5:15 PM Subject: [PHP-WIN] PHP from the Browser? > I'm a clueless newbie who just downloaded php-4.3.0-Win32 to Win 98, and am > having multiple problems. > > 1. When I click on the manual's test program ("Hello World") in IE 6.0, it > brings up a MSDOS box, rather than execute the php file. I can't find > anything in the manual that says how to get a php file to operate locally > from a browser. Any Suggestions? > > 2. Also, I found that in order to get cli/php.exe to execute from the > command line, I had to copy php4ts.dll into the cli directory. So maybe > that's a bug in the installation program. > > 3. But when I aimed cli/php.exe at the test file, it just echoed the code, > rather than execute it! Huh? > > 4. I uploaded the test file to my host, who's running a v. 4.3.0.3 server > and got the error message that the parser expected a '('' on line 11. > > The code is: > <html> <head> <title>PHP Test</title> </head> > <body> <?php echo "Hello World<p>"; ?> </body> > </html> > > so there is no line 11! > > Even when I gave it parens: > > <html> <head> <title>PHP Test</title> </head> > <body> <?php echo ("Hello World"); ?> </body> > </html> > > I got the same error message. > > All suggestions will be welcomed! > > Harvey > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >