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PHP

Posted by Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points

XAMPP not running

I just started the course Build a Simple PHP App. I'm on the part where you download XAMPP and then create a php tag in an html index to display the current year.

        <h1>Shirts 4 Mike</h1>
    <p>&copy;<?php echo date('Y'); ?> Shirts 4                                           Mike</p>

My html runs, but the php code doesn't execute. In other words, the year doesn't appear in the browser, just the html title.

I restarted the computer after downloading. I also turned off my antivirus program until after the download completed.

Thanks. I appreciate any suggestions offered.

4 Answers

Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points

I finally found the answer. For anyone else having this same issue, please follow this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsmMVwz1rlo

It does a wonderful job of explaining the vital information that Team Treehouse somehow manages to exclude.

stoyantodorov
stoyantodorov
7,666 Points
stoyantodorov
stoyantodorov
7,666 Points

" I'm on the part where you download XAMPP and then create a php tag in an html index to display the current year."

Your file needs to end with .php, not .html

Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points
Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points

It does end with php. The exact file name is test.php

I also tried displaying the code using http://localhost/test.php, but that didn't work either.

stoyantodorov
stoyantodorov
7,666 Points

Did you start Apache from the XAMPP control panel?

Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points
Ben Goldman
Ben Goldman
14,626 Points

No, I didn't. The video didn't mention that at all. It just said to open up the php file in the browser using localhost/test.php.

I'm pretty new to this. Would you mind too much directing me to the Apache cp?