criss Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 hi,i was trying to write a php script in a test.html page .but when i tried accessing the page, its completely blank why is it so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actionsketch Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 with php, you have to test the script in a special environment or upload it and see what it looks like. Google XAMPP for a local environment. Also, you have to name the file test.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 I don't know about you but I test my PHPs on a free web host that offers PHP. As most of you would guess, this host has many restrictions, so it's not good for a site, but it's good enough for tests. Here are some hosts that offer PHP support for free:http://1asphost.com/http://www.hotsql.comhttp://www.tripod.lycos.co.ukhttp://www.illusionfxnet.comhttp://www.maxhost.ru/http://t35.com/http://www.thefreeserver.com/http://www.oinko.net/freephp/http://www.free-hoster.comAnd the one I use :http://www.100webspace.comThe restrictions theese hosts have is a limited bandwidth, a banner that is displayed on your every page, the fact that you use a subdomain and few other stuff which isn't important... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actionsketch Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 If you do a lot of PHP, I recommend you try using XAMPP. XAMMP is a installation package that includes Apache, MySQL, PHP, amung other things I have never used before such as SMTP stuff. Instead of having to go upload files on an FTP and viewing it online, you can just go to http://localhost in your browser and there you are. Although... if you're using a mac... then yeah... you probably do have to use one of the free websites listed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonlasell Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 I have learned, if you have <b>Macromedia Dreamweaver</b>, then you may preview your php scripts in this. However, you are limited to what you can preview, such as: sending email via form actions (example: submit button). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criss Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 Hi :)I am entirely new in this php scripting field .i just started writing some php scripts like "hello world" which i learned from w3schools.But my problem is in the bash shell i can write a hello.php file with permission 755and I can run it.But i cant write a php in an html filesome one please help me!!!!Please check whether this script is correct.================bash-2.05b$ cat tt1.html<html><body><?phpecho "Good morning>";?></body></html>bash-2.05b$ ls -l tt1.html-rwxr-xr-x 1 criss games 64 Oct 5 11:40 tt1.html================ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actionsketch Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 a .php file is still a html file. It's just an html file with php! Your script looks fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webworldx Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Yup, looks like that's .html, and not .php. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dain Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 no, Blue, a .html cannot contain ANY php coding. Well, it can, but it wont do a thing.if you have php in a page, you have to use .php. see that even if you write pure HTML, with no php at ALL in a .php, it will work as if ti was a .html file.dain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criss Posted October 8, 2005 Author Share Posted October 8, 2005 Hi every body,Thank you so muchthat was the mistake i ve made.i was trying to write a html file with php contents, now i got it working :)i no, Blue, a .html cannot contain ANY php coding. Well, it can, but it wont do a thing.if you have php in a page, you have to use .php. see that even if you write pure HTML, with no php at ALL in a .php, it will work as if ti was a .html file.dain<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEdit Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 If you do a lot of PHP, I recommend you try using XAMPP. XAMMP is a installation package that includes Apache, MySQL, PHP...........Although... if you're using a mac... then yeah... you probably do have to use one of the free websites listed <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I dont want to start a mac vs pc war so early in my posting career here, but I really couldn't let this pass. If you're using a mac (osx) - go to sharing prefs, switch on web sharing. That's it - you now have a full apache web server. Want php? simple matter of uncommenting a couple of lines in the apache config file and you're away. MySQL? - download the MySQL osx installer and install it. I have a fully functioning vbulletin install running on mine - and I knew virtually zero about the guts of the web until a week ago. In fact I've only just started learning HTML! This site (and this forum) is proving most helpful in my studies brilliant tutorial on the subject: Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paim Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 XAMPP can be good (so I hear), but its not as easily used, and not as good a learning experience as setting it up yourself (d/ling and editing httpd.conf etc).Check your library for a book on it, I searched for weeks for an online tutorial and didn't find one, got a book and it worked simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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