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I am currently using AppServ to display my PHP code. I am having a problem of the content of the body not displaying however. Here is the code that I am using:

<html>

<head>
<title>My First PHP Page</title>
</head>

<body>
<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>
</body>

</html>

When I try to view it in my browser, the title of the page is displaying, but the body is blank. I know very little about AppServ or PHP for that matter, and have no idea why I am getting these results. Anyone have ideas on what my problem is or why I am getting these results?

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Member Avatar for chrishea

The first thing to check is how you saved the module. If it doesn't have a .php suffix (xxxx.php) then it won't be recognized as a php module and your php code won't be executed.

Member Avatar for jhudson0219

The first thing to check is how you saved the module. If it doesn't have a .php suffix (xxxx.php) then it won't be recognized as a php module and your php code won't be executed.

It's saved as HelloWorld.php

Member Avatar for Grantism

try

<html>
<head>
<title>My First Php Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><?php
echo 'Hello World!';
?></p>
</body>
</html>
Edited by Reverend Jim because: Fixed formatting
Member Avatar for Grantism

and i reccomend that you download notepad ++ it is a great free script editor, its only a couple of meg too search it on google. you just click to save as a php so there wouldnt be any hassles there.

Member Avatar for vaultdweller123

one thing is for sure.... your PHP tags is not parsed... maybe you have problem on your PHP server, or maybe you didn't put it the root directory or you didn't save it as .php

Member Avatar for jhudson0219

try

<html>
<head>
<title>My First Php Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><?php
echo 'Hello World!';
?></p>
</body>
</html>

end quote.

try it, but it still isn't working. I'm starting to think that maybe I didn't set up the AppServ correctly. That could be my problem too right?!

Edited by mike_2000_17 because: Fixed formatting
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