Confused about WAMP

[sayub]

I am using WAMP to run my PHP scripts. I am not using short tags. When I select localhost and then the project it shows the whole script including the tags. I just want the ouput to be shown. Please help...

[Dormilich]

then you need to tell the server (apache) to handle .php files via the PHP interpreter, usually put in the httpd.conf file (apache configuration). (something like AddType application/x-httpd-php .php)

[Markus]

Can you post the code that is not working? I have a feeling you may be using short-tags (<?) as opposed to the full ones (<?php).

[sayub]

Thanks for the quick response guys. Following is a very basic code,

<?php

echo "Hello World";

?>

And I am not using the short tags.
and the httpd.conf file already has the line 'AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3'.

But the php tags are still not being parsed, meaning the whole script is being displayed in raw form inclucing the php tags.

[Dormilich]

rename your file to .php3 or change .php3 to .php in the conf file.

[sayub]

Hi, I have switched WAMP with WAMP 2, but having the same problem. Any ideas?

[Dormilich]

same ideas as before …

[Atli]

Dormilich has already told you how to fix this manually, but if you can't/won't do that, you could also try replacing WAMP with XAMPP. I've found it more reliable. (Usually works "out-of-the-box" with no problems.)

[sayub]

Actually the problem was elsewhere. I was using dreamweaver as my editing tool. Now, dreamweaver has a code section and a design section. I, accidentally, put my code in the design section and then tried to run it which just did not work. A friend of mine brought the problem to light.

[Atli]

Ahh I see.

I've never found Dreamweaver all that good when working on PHP code. It's more of a HTML/CSS design tool. It's coding functionality is kind of lacking. (For PHP, anyways.)

You should try something like Netbeans, Eclipse with PDT, or even Aptana. -- All of which are free, and with better PHP development tools than Dreamweaver.