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RONNIE HEADEN
1,501 PointsHelp please!
Any reason this simple code doesn't work?
<html>
<head><title><?php echo "Shirts 4 Mike"; ?></title>
</head>
<body>© <?php echo date('Y'); ?>
</body>
</html>
This is a copy of Xampp control panel: 1:19:57 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel 1:19:57 PM [main] Windows Version: 32-bit 1:19:57 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.1 1:19:57 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.1.0 3.1.0 [ Compiled: September 20th 2012 ] 1:19:57 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good! 1:19:57 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\" 1:19:57 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites 1:19:57 PM [main] All prerequisites found 1:19:57 PM [main] Initializing Modules 1:19:57 PM [Apache] XAMPP Apache is already running on port 80 1:19:57 PM [Apache] XAMPP Apache is already running on port 443 1:19:57 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer 1:19:57 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
this code should be working, i don't know why not. Also im using firefox. Could they be the difference? wouldn't think so, i will check in chrome. nope, didn't work.
this is my root: file:///C:/xampp/htdocs/projects/sample.php
6 Answers
Matt Campbell
9,767 PointsWhat is it not doing or is doing that's not expected?
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsDo you have it saved as a php file? It worked for me
RONNIE HEADEN
1,501 Pointsyea i do. im thinking that it's the Xampp server somehow.
RONNIE HEADEN
1,501 Points[06-Jun-2013 03:11:32 UTC] PHP Warning: file_get_contents(lang.tmp): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\xampp\index.php on line 2
the error msg on the php log file on Xampp control panel somethings wrong with the configuration i guess. so frustrating!
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsI'm using XAMPP...worked just fine.
Seems like you're missing a file XAMPP needs
RONNIE HEADEN
1,501 Pointsyea im sure. im saying that it's my configuration. perhaps not configured correctly yea, however i checked that directory and the file is there.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsMight be easier just to reinstall it from a fresh download. I didn't have to ever configure anything on mine once it was installed.
RONNIE HEADEN
1,501 Pointsyup. i always have to change the ports on skype because it always conflicts with xamp. that's the only thing i did.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsAhh, I've heard of that issue before. I don't have skype on this computer. I'm not of much help here...I don't exactly know the file hierarchy of XAMPP. Maybe someone smarter will come along and provide an easier fix than re installing from scratch.
RONNIE HEADEN
1,501 Pointslol yeah. everything else is working. i've had this problem before to that's why i knew what to do. just change the ports that skype communicates on. but something else up with this. i will try the reinstall.
RONNIE HEADEN
1,501 PointsI SEE THE PROBLEM!!!
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH PHP. PHP WILL NOT WORK UNLESS YOU CALL IT IN THE BROWSER FROM LOCALHOST/ IF YOU JUST CLICK ON THE PHP FILE, IT WILL OPEN IN THE BROWSER BUT THE PHP CODE WILL NOT WORK.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsWhen online, writing in ALL caps is considered yelling, please don't do that on the forum.
Thanks and happy forum'ing.
RONNIE HEADEN
1,501 PointsRONNIE HEADEN
1,501 Pointsit's just not running it. in the title it gives me my php code as if i saved it in Html.
and in the body it just gives me the @ without the date. Just not recognizing the php at all.