php not working inside html code in wampserver

Question

Here's the thing.. I have a file named first.php containing the following code:

<html>
    <title>trial</title>
    <head>welcome</head>
    <body>
    <br>
    <?php
    echo "hello world";
    ?>
    </body>
</html>

However when I execute it, the php code is not interpreted. The short open tag also seems to be on. I'm using wampserver. what have I missed?

I believe you need to move it into your c:/wamp/www/htdocs folder. Then in your browser you should be able to go to http://localhost/yourfile.php — SamHuckaby, Apr 29 '13 at 21:14
@SamHuckaby That is not correct Sam. It is however a good idea to create subfolders under the www folder for your projects, eg www/project1, www.project2 etc. Do not use the www folder, it belongs to wamp — RiggsFolly, Apr 29 '13 at 21:25
i don't have that htdocs folder. should i create it and then place it there and run it? — Ramya259, Apr 29 '13 at 21:27
You don't have to call it htdocs, you can call it whatever you want, @RiggsFolly is right, I've been using Unix so long, I guess I had forgotten. — SamHuckaby, Apr 29 '13 at 21:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 20:58

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It seems your server is misconfigured. Your apache server must recognize .php files as a php application and evaluate the code.

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php

See if you find the line above in your http.conf file.

answered Apr 29 '13 at 20:58

Jose Areas

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is it httpd.conf or http.conf? – Ramya259 Apr 29 '13 at 21:08
i have two files named like that. in which one should i add it? where should i add it? should it be preceded by #? – Ramya259 Apr 29 '13 at 21:16

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 19 '14 at 04:43

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make sure you place the .php file(s) under a directory say "myfirst" under /wamp/www
make sure the wamp server is online (shows green icon)
Enable short tags click on wamp icon > PHP > PHP Settings > short open tags. Make sure it is checked.
run the code in browser as localhost/myfirst/first.php

hopefully it works

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answered Mar 19 '14 at 04:18

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Casey Dwayne · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29T21:42:57.150

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<html>
  <head>    
    <title>trial</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <?php echo "hello world"; ?>
  </body>
</html>

Try it with the title wrapped inside the head like it should be. The welcome was just floating around in no mans land, may have broken your code. Also, use a doctype tag - < !html> without the space is HTML5.

Update Add this to a blank php file in your localhost folder.

<?php
// Show all information, defaults to INFO_ALL
phpinfo();
?>

If you don't get a report back, it's a server config problem.

Also make sure your putting it in htdocs or whatever your "public" folder is.

edited Apr 29 '13 at 21:42

answered Apr 29 '13 at 20:55

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Also, make sure your address is `http://localhost/yourfolder/yourfile.php`, not just opening the file from the file system. – Casey Dwayne Apr 29 '13 at 21:43
Oops,my bad. you were right. I was just opening it from the file system. Now it worked. Ha.. Thanks a lot.. – Ramya259 May 02 '13 at 08:41

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:38

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Make the changes suggested by @kcdwayne.

Now run the code from your browser, DONT doubleclick on your php file from explorer, it has to run through a browser.

answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:38

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 06 '14 at 10:15

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The Tag must be inside the Tag

<head> 
   <title>trial</title>
</head>
<body>
 <?php echo "hello world"; ?>
</body>

answered Apr 06 '14 at 10:15

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php not working inside html code in wampserver

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