Completely new and dumb PLEASE HELP !

[gjdagis]

This is my first day trying to learn PHP and ALREADY I'm stumped. I
bought the SAMS Guide toPHP. MySQL, and Apache Book. On page 18 it
tells me to create a file called phpinfo.php. HOW do I create a PGP
file ? I have Word etc but programs like this create TEXT files etc. ,
DON'T THEY? I created it anyway and did as told. Was this OK ?

The file looks like this
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
and was created in WORD saved as phpinfo.pgp

Secondly: On the same page (after creating the above and putting it
into C:/Apache/Apache2/htdocs as told) it says to point the web browser
to http://localhost/phpinfo.php and I should see the PHP information
page. All my browser does is hang up while searching for the page. What
the heck am I doing wrong ALREADY ! Geez this is HORRIBLE. Please help.

Thank you,
George

[Gordon Burditt]

>This is my first day trying to learn PHP and ALREADY I'm stumped. I

bought the SAMS Guide toPHP. MySQL, and Apache Book. On page 18 it
tells me to create a file called phpinfo.php. HOW do I create a PGP
file ?
With a text editor.
I have Word etc but programs like this create TEXT files etc. ,
DON'T THEY?
Doesn't Windows have a text editor, like EDLIN?
I created it anyway and did as told. Was this OK ? The file looks like this
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
and was created in WORD saved as phpinfo.pgp

Unless WORD has a mode to save as flat ASCII text with absolutely
no fonts, color, colour, etc., it's the wrong thing to use.
How about NOTEPAD?

Gordon L. Burditt

[Steve Doria]

I highly recommend Notepad++. It's free and awesome.

Steve Doria
http://blog.stevedoria.net/

Gordon Burditt wrote:

This is my first day trying to learn PHP and ALREADY I'm stumped. I
bought the SAMS Guide toPHP. MySQL, and Apache Book. On page 18 it
tells me to create a file called phpinfo.php. HOW do I create a PGP
file ?

With a text editor.

I have Word etc but programs like this create TEXT files etc. ,
DON'T THEY?

Doesn't Windows have a text editor, like EDLIN?

I created it anyway and did as told. Was this OK ?

The file looks like this
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
and was created in WORD saved as phpinfo.pgp

Unless WORD has a mode to save as flat ASCII text with absolutely
no fonts, color, colour, etc., it's the wrong thing to use.
How about NOTEPAD?

Gordon L. Burditt

[Michael]

Yes I suggest Notepad++ too. I also suggest that just to make sure you
have your apacfhe configuration correct, that you uninstall it and
install XAMPP <http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html> (which is a
preconfigured php, mysql and apache program) , this will allow you to
make sure that everything is working fine.

[Andy Hassall]

On 20 Dec 2005 19:33:10 -0800, "gjdagis" <gj*****@hvc.rr.com> wrote:

This is my first day trying to learn PHP and ALREADY I'm stumped. I
bought the SAMS Guide toPHP. MySQL, and Apache Book. On page 18 it
tells me to create a file called phpinfo.php. HOW do I create a PGP
file ?
PHP, not PGP. PGP is an encryption program.
I have Word etc but programs like this create TEXT files etc. ,
DON'T THEY? I created it anyway and did as told. Was this OK ?
PHP files are text files. The extension of a filename (the bit after the ".")
has nothing to do with the contents of the file - all it does is, on Windows
anyway, help to let the operating system know what program to open the file
with.

When you're running PHP in a webserver it has a similar function; you would
earlier have set up your webserver to run files ending with .php through the
PHP interpreter, instead of just serving the file directly as it would by
default.
The file looks like this
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
and was created in WORD saved as phpinfo.pgp
phpinfo.php.

Ensure it's not saved it as phpinfo.php.txt, as the Microsoft programs have a
bad habit of doing that.

If you're on Windows XP, make sure you have the "Hide file extensions" option
turned OFF (somewhere in Options when you have a directory window open) as this
will just confuse things further.
Secondly: On the same page (after creating the above and putting it
into C:/Apache/Apache2/htdocs as told) it says to point the web browser
to http://localhost/phpinfo.php and I should see the PHP information
page. All my browser does is hang up while searching for the page.

Is your webserver running?

Did the book start with the basics first, getting Apache to serve up a plain
page first before moving on to PHP?

--
Andy Hassall :: an**@andyh.co.uk :: http://www.andyh.co.uk
http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space :: disk and FTP usage analysis tool

[gjdagis]

I want to SINCERELY thank those of you who responded; it was MUCH
appreciated. I wish ALL a safe & happy holiday.

Sincerely,
George