Getting started with PHP and helloworld not working

hi everyone,

i want to start learning php and how to develop with it. I downloaded wampserver and installed it without any complications. I then turned to some ebooks for documentation and started coding. However, all the examples i've tried so far have now been working.
for example:

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html>

    <body>
 
        <?php

            echo "Hello World";

        ?>
 
    </body>

</html>

is supposed to display hello world but when i view it in a browser, all i get is a blank page.

are there any additional settings that need to be configured? or am i doing something wrong? btw, im using Notepad++ as my editor

thanks in advance

Jul 23 '10 #1

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✓ answered by labmonkey111

@rotaryfreak
To get the file to run through php, you will need to access it like this:

http://localhost/hello.php

Otherwise your browser is trying to open the raw php source, and not php's output.

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@rotaryfreak
Do you have your waamp server properly configured and running?

Have you placed your php file in the right directory?

Are you accessing the file properly in your browser ie localhost/pagename.php if you have placed it in the root directory.

Jul 23 '10 #2

rotaryfreak

i think my wampserver is configured properly... i havent changed any of the default settings. The php file is in the right directly ...Wamp Server\www\hello.php and im accessing the file through Nopepad++. It has an option Run > Launch In Firefox and i can see the file location in the address bar :
file:///C:/Program Files/Wamp Server/www/hello.php

Jul 24 '10 #3

labmonkey111

Jul 24 '10 #4

rotaryfreak

great! it worked, thank you very much. i greatly appreciate it :)

Jul 24 '10 #5

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