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Ben Goldman
14,626 PointsPHP code not running
Hi,
I'm doing the Build a Simple PHP App course. I downloaded xampp, and I'm at the point where I'm trying to display "Shirts for Mike" in the tab using php tags,
ex: <title><?php echo "Shirts 4 Mike"; ?><title>
while also showing the current year with the copyright.
ex: <p>Ā©<?php echo date ('Y'); ?> Shirts 4 Mike</p>
I've tried to display the page by clicking on the index file, but the code doesn't execute. Then I tried calling it with the localhost url, but that didn't display anything.
I am using Win 8 and the latest version of Chrome.
As always, I appreciate any help that's offered. Thanks.
3 Answers
Tong Vang
9,926 PointsStart the Apache program first. Then open a brower. Type localhost/file name in the web address. Make sure the file is located in the htdocs folder. Apache only reads from that folder. Make sure the file is not in a subfolder. If it is you have to add the folder name to the address. It goes localhost/folder/filename.php.
Ben Goldman
14,626 PointsI also forgot to mention that the index is saved with the proper php extension.
Ben Goldman
14,626 PointsI did have it in a subfolder. I can't believe I didn't think of that.
Thank you!
Ben Goldman
14,626 PointsBen Goldman
14,626 PointsI forgot to mention that I am running the Apache server program from the xampp folder.