Fwd: [PHP-WIN] Re: Parsing a PHP file - Newbie alert

Sorry Jason, I just assumed it would go straight to the list when I hit reply. I should have checked. I've forwarded it to the list for everyone else to see now. Regards Andrew ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jason Barnett Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:38:51 -0500 Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Re: Parsing a PHP file - Newbie alert Please keep email responses to the newsgroup / list. Helps me stay organized and I help out when I can. Andrew Hargreaves wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:20:52 -0500, Jason Barnett > <jason.barnett@telesuite.com> wrote: ... >>>When I tried to run my first PHP file to show the PHP Info (<?php >>>phpinfo(); ?>) the browser, Firefox 1.0 did nothing. >> >>Assuming index.php is in the docroot and it contains the phpinfo() call: >> >>Is this a local server and is the server actually running? Try browsing >>to http://localhost/index.php if this is the case. > > > I knew I forgot to add something. yes the file is in the htdocs folder > of my apache2 folder on a local server that is running, as confirmed > by checking services.msc > > As the file is on my local PC I have been opening it directly (File, > Open File), as opposed to using http://localhost/index.php. > Could this > method have caused the problem? Absolutely! It's a common mistake. If you try to open a PHP file directly then your browser would have no idea to send the script through PHP. But when you browse to that webpage on your local machine (http://localhost/index.php) Apache should do all of that work for you. Assuming of course that Apache is set up properly; if it's not, then tell us what happened when you tried going to this webpage. > > I'm at work now but I'll give it a go tonight when I get in and let > you know hwo that goes. > > Regards > > Andrew H >

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