Re: PHP from the Browser?

hi, 1. I think that there is an element of confusion here: a. php can be used from the command line (this is usefull for various tools, such a cron jobs or time scheduled jobs etc...), here's an example: make a file called hello.php using this code <?php echo "Hello World"; ?> then open the command prompt and cd to to /php/cli and type php -q hello.php it will respond with Hello World b. you seem to be after using php with webpages -- i.e. accessit from your browser. This requires a webserver (such as apache [or IIS]) along with php. 2. you can download and install a pre-conigured installation of apache, php etc.. such as SWAMP download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/swamp/ forum: http://swamp.sourceforge.net or FoxServ http://www.foxserv.net etc... 3. or you can download apache (www.apache.org) and set it up to run with php "Harvey Frey" <hsfrey@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > 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 >