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  • Lee Redeem
    #1

    what wrong with this PHP script ?

    Hi there

    I've created abd uploaded this basic PHP script:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>PHP Test</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <H1 align="center">
    <?php print("Hello world!"); ?>
    </H1>
    </body>
    </html>

    But when I go to my browser and display the page:
    http://members.lycos.co.uk/eightbitfanatics/test.php


    it come up with the source code.

    any ideas ?

    Lee
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    • Justin Koivisto
      #2
      Re: what wrong with this PHP script ?

      Lee Redeem wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > Hi there
      >
      > I've created abd uploaded this basic PHP script:
      >
      > <html>
      > <head>
      > <title>PHP Test</title>
      > </head>
      > <body>
      > <H1 align="center">
      > <?php print("Hello world!"); ?>
      > </H1>
      > </body>
      > </html>
      >
      > But when I go to my browser and display the page:
      > http://members.lycos.co.uk/eightbitfanatics/test.php
      >
      > it come up with the source code.[/color]

      Nothing's wrong with the script, it's the server. It doesn't look like
      it is set up for parsing a .php file. This means either the webmaster
      has set a different extension to be used (like .phtml) or PHP is not
      enabled on the server. I'd try to use the phtml extension if you know
      you have PHP capeabilities on the server.

      --
      Justin Koivisto - spam@koivi.com
      PHP POSTERS: Please use comp.lang.php for PHP related questions,
      alt.php* groups are not recommended.

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        • David Mackenzie
          #3
          Re: what wrong with this PHP script ?

          On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:07:57 GMT, Justin Koivisto <spam@koivi.com >
          wrote:
          [color=blue]
          >Lee Redeem wrote:
          >[color=green]
          >> Hi there
          >>
          >> I've created abd uploaded this basic PHP script:
          >>
          >> <html>
          >> <head>
          >> <title>PHP Test</title>
          >> </head>
          >> <body>
          >> <H1 align="center">
          >> <?php print("Hello world!"); ?>
          >> </H1>
          >> </body>
          >> </html>
          >>
          >> But when I go to my browser and display the page:
          >> http://members.lycos.co.uk/eightbitfanatics/test.php
          >>
          >> it come up with the source code.[/color]
          >
          >Nothing's wrong with the script, it's the server. It doesn't look like
          >it is set up for parsing a .php file. This means either the webmaster
          >has set a different extension to be used (like .phtml) or PHP is not
          >enabled on the server. I'd try to use the phtml extension if you know
          >you have PHP capeabilities on the server.[/color]

          It's not that. Whatever editor/method of upload the OP has used has
          converted < to &lt; and > to &gt; etc.

          If it was as simple as the server not parsing php, the <html>, <head>,
          etc would not be visible.

          I'd also suggest finding a decent host. Lycos has bloated the OP's
          original code to 13 times its size!

          --
          David (please modify address to david@ before replying!)

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            • Juha Suni
              #4
              Re: what wrong with this PHP script ?

              "Lee Redeem" <lee_news@lycos .co.uk> wrote in message
              news:888fed2a.0 308150603.4c4bf 387@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
              > Hi there
              >
              > I've created abd uploaded this basic PHP script:
              >
              > <html>
              > <head>
              > <title>PHP Test</title>
              > </head>
              > <body>
              > <H1 align="center">
              > <?php print("Hello world!"); ?>
              > </H1>
              > </body>
              > </html>
              >
              > But when I go to my browser and display the page:
              > http://members.lycos.co.uk/eightbitfanatics/test.php
              >
              > it come up with the source code.[/color]

              Your server is not supporting PHP, or is not set to parse .php files by
              default. contact your server administrator.

              HTH

              --
              Suni


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                • BKDotCom
                  #5
                  Re: what wrong with this PHP script ?

                  David Mackenzie <dcm@tarbrax.fr eeserve.co.uk> wrote in message[color=blue]
                  > If it was as simple as the server not parsing php, the <html>, <head>,
                  > etc would not be visible.[/color]

                  ?? Where do you get that theory? True only if the server is set to
                  only send files of a certain extensions or explicitly doesn't allow
                  ..php files to be sent.
                  you could just as well rename the script "doody.fart "... it won't get
                  parsed but it will send the file as plain text.

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                    • RobertMaas@YahooGroups.Com
                      #6
                      Re: what wrong with this PHP script ?

                      {{Date: 15 Aug 2003 07:03:31 -0700
                      From: lee_news@lycos. co.uk (Lee Redeem)
                      But when I go to my browser and display the page:
                      http://members.lycos.co.uk/eightbitfanatics/test.php

                      it come up with the source code.}}

                      I clicked on that link and it seems to work fine, so I guess you found
                      the problem and fixed it. What was the solution? I'm having the same
                      problem with my first attempt at a php hello program:
                      http://www.rawbw.com/~rem/h.php


                      One possible clue is the following system message:
                      2001/06/11: PHP is available. To setup for an extension in your
                      site, use an .htaccess and do for example: AddHandler php4-script .php
                      Is that something I need to do before my hello world script will work?
                      If so, what exactly do I need to do. It's cryptic for a total beginner.
                      If not, what *do* I need to do to get h.php to be processed instead of
                      treated as .txt?

                      For comparison, these all work:
                      404 Not Found
                      http://www.rawbw.com/~rem/h.txt

                      404 Not Found
                      http://www.rawbw.com/~rem/h.html

                      Hello sh
                      http://www.rawbw.com/~rem/cgi-bin/h-sh.cgi

                      http://www.rawbw.com/~rem/cgi-bin/h-cmucl.cgi

                      500 Internal Server Error
                      http://www.rawbw.com/~rem/cgi-bin/h-perl.cgi

                      (First one trivial just for hack value of course, second one in a
                      trivial way, no actual html in the file, but still it "works". I've
                      been programming HTML since about 1995, and CGI/sh/cmucl since
                      2001.Jan, but I thought I'd install a simple hello world file in each
                      of those to accompany the others I'm doing in other languages I haven't
                      done before, and I tried the CGI/perl one tonight for the first time
                      and it worked the first time after I did the right chmod.)

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