PHP does not seem to work - nzDevelopers

rorybarrett · 01-18-2008

Hello PHP erxperts

I expect this is a really stupid question to bother you with. I am a complete beginner with PHP. I have had a lot of experience with java and javascript and am a pretty good programmer although my database skills need attention.

I installed a program called XAMPP which I downloaded from apache and in the first 'hello world' program I got from a tutorial was told to put the following program in the conf file which contains the file httpd.conf.

<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>
</body>
</html>

I was told then to type

http://localhost/hello.php

into the program open dialogue of my browser which is IE explorer.

Sadly when I did this all I got was an error message.

Any ideas ?

Rory Barrett

Antimidget · 01-18-2008

well i blame the tutorial

in browse to {HDD LETTER}:/xampp/htdocs/
stick that code into a file and name it 'hello.php'

then with xampp running goto :: http://localhost/hello.php

it should come up then

rorybarrett · 01-18-2008

Thanks. I'll try that. I knew it had to be something really simple.I would have played round for days and I may or may not have found this.

I'll try tomorrow.

Rory Barrett

01-18-2008	#1
rorybarrett Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2	PHP does not seem to work Hello PHP erxperts I expect this is a really stupid question to bother you with. I am a complete beginner with PHP. I have had a lot of experience with java and javascript and am a pretty good programmer although my database skills need attention. I installed a program called XAMPP which I downloaded from apache and in the first 'hello world' program I got from a tutorial was told to put the following program in the conf file which contains the file httpd.conf. <html> <head> <title>PHP Test</title> </head> <body> <?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?> </body> </html> I was told then to type http://localhost/hello.php into the program open dialogue of my browser which is IE explorer. Sadly when I did this all I got was an error message. Any ideas ? Rory Barrett

01-18-2008	#2
Antimidget Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 8	well i blame the tutorial in browse to {HDD LETTER}:/xampp/htdocs/ stick that code into a file and name it 'hello.php' then with xampp running goto :: http://localhost/hello.php it should come up then __________________ ---[ Posting Info ]--- I don't try to be mean but you know what they say, theres no such thing at stupid answers, only stupid questions... ---[ A Good Rhyme / Joke ]--- Little Timmy was a chemist, Little Timmy is no more... 'Cause what Little Timmy thought was H2O, Was really H2SO4

01-18-2008	#3
rorybarrett Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2	php does not seem to work Thanks. I'll try that. I knew it had to be something really simple.I would have played round for days and I may or may not have found this. I'll try tomorrow. Rory Barrett

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