how to get my first PHP script to run?

aoa321 · 04-07-2006 11:38pm #1

Hi,

I'm new to web programming, and I'm trying to work my way through some PHP tutorials. I have created a file called hello.php with the following "hello world" set of commands ...

<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test - taken from tutorial ... http://uk.php.net/manual/en/tutorial.firstpage.php </title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo 'Hello World'; ?>
</body>
</html>

I then copied the file to my server space on webhost.ie, which supports PHP so I shouldn't have to do anything except open the file with my browser and it should display "Hello World"

The problem is - it doesn't !! It displays the window with the correct text up at the top but it is not running the echo function - what am I doing wrong? have I named the file incorrectly or something?

Incidentally when I look at the folder on the server the hello.php file is not displaying any icon that might suggest to me that the server recognises the file and knows how to deal with it.

As ever, any help or direction would be appreciated.

aoa

Rollo Tamasi · 04-07-2006 11:56pm

get rid of the tags

seamus · 05-07-2006 12:09am

The tags shouldn't make a difference.

Try removing the semicolon from the end of the echo statement (it's not required).

Have you looked at the source to see what's actually coming out? If I had to guess, I'd say it's not interpreting the page at all, and interpreting the php statement as a complete tag, and so not showing it.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 05-07-2006 12:40am

The code is fine, confirmed this on my local apache/php install.
Sounds like you're doing everything else right... tbh I'd have a sniff around your hosting control panel, you might have to 'turn on' php if you've got windows hosting.
Failing that, I'd say try again or contact the hosting support and see what's up.

louie · 05-07-2006 7:02am

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

The code is fine, confirmed this on my local apache/php install.
Sounds like you're doing everything else right... tbh I'd have a sniff around your hosting control panel, you might have to 'turn on' php if you've got windows hosting.
Failing that, I'd say try again or contact the hosting support and see what's up.

I'll do what he says above. If you are on a windows hosting the php is not turned on by default.

instead of <?php echo "Hello World" ?>

write this <?php phpinfo(); ?>

forbairt · 05-07-2006 7:41am

is it not phpinfo(); ?

Its not a case of you also having a .html file there as well thats getting run instead ? ...

as has been mentioned check the source of the outputted page

aoa321 · 05-07-2006 7:44am

thank you all for the replies,

I'll try it again tonight and let you know how I get on

vito · 05-07-2006 3:11pm

if you want to try it out on your own machine (and assuming its windows) try out wampserver.com/en for a great all in one wamp installer

been using it for a couple of years now and its a hell of a lot easier than installing and configuring each app separately

then you wont need to upload your script to a remote server everytime you make changes - just sits on your hard drive

Adam · 05-07-2006 9:58pm

The file is called hello.php?

Is it the only file uploaded?

I would have guessed its because you haven't named it index.php or something similar, most hosts look for a file named index as the first page to run, and if its not found I dont think it will run anything. However since you mentioned the text across the top displaying I guess thats not it...

Sparky · 06-07-2006 10:55am

Well I've copied the code above and tried it and it's ok

Id say its your server.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 06-07-2006 12:51pm

Sparky-s wrote:

Well I've copied the code above and tried it and it's ok

Id say its your server.

Welcome to 1:40 yesterday

Dave! · 06-07-2006 8:32pm

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Welcome to 1:40 yesterday

Let him have his moment

how to get my first PHP script to run?

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