Very Simple echo in PHP error

Question

i have try this code

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org   /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<?php phpinfo(); die; ?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>TRY IT</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "test";
?>
</body>
</html>

It is very simple echo syntax in php. Output that should i got is string "test" on my screen. but output that i got just a blank page. For your information php version that installed on my computer is version 5.3.8 anyone know what happen?

[_Have you enabled error reporting ?_](http://stackoverflow.com/a/6575502/1003917) — Shankar Narayana Damodaran, Mar 22 '14 at 13:22
@ShankarDamodaran, it's not blank page, it's "black screen" :) — vee, Mar 22 '14 at 13:24
You sure your screen ain't off ? :) `phpinfo();` should work smoothly. — Shankar Narayana Damodaran, Mar 22 '14 at 13:26
If `phpinfo` does not work then your web server probably is not configured correctly for php. — vee, Mar 22 '14 at 13:27
@Shankar Damodaran sorry.. I mean black page. so my browser just show the white page. there is should be string "test" on it, but it didn't show anything. — mas_bejo, Mar 22 '14 at 13:29
Your code worked for me --- Make sure that PHP is in fact properly installed and configured. Make a test page and put `` see what that gives you. However, your `echo "test";` will never echo because of the `die();` so that needs to be removed if you want your echo to execute. — Funk Forty Niner, Mar 22 '14 at 13:37
@Fred-ii- yes i try `` too but still didn't work. yes i think there is something on configuration. but i just install xampp i didn't change anything — mas_bejo, Mar 22 '14 at 13:51
Sorry I know nothing about setting up Webservers/PHP. I run all my stuff off a hosted service. — Funk Forty Niner, Mar 22 '14 at 14:03

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 22 '14 at 13:41

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Remove the die on the second line.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org   /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<?php phpinfo(); die; ?>
                 ^^^^ Remove this
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>TRY IT</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "test";
?>
</body>
</html>

edited Mar 22 '14 at 13:41

Funk Forty Niner

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answered Mar 22 '14 at 13:21

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Nope that is not the issue. `phpinfo();` would still output. – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Mar 22 '14 at 13:22
that code i got from other thread that used to show error in php. but i got nothing. i have been delete that and i got the same black page. – mas_bejo Mar 22 '14 at 13:27
@mas_bejo black page? as in the screen just goes black?? What happens when you view source? – Kamehameha Mar 22 '14 at 13:28
Sidenote: `echo "test";` will not execute because of the `die();` so there is some truth to this answer. – Funk Forty Niner Mar 22 '14 at 13:40
@kamehameha sorry i mean blank page. so it just show white page. it should be a string "test" on it but it didn't. – mas_bejo Mar 22 '14 at 13:43
@Fred-ii- i have benn delete it but nothing happen. – mas_bejo Mar 22 '14 at 13:44
@mas_bejo are other functions working? Probably the server might not have setup properly. – Kamehameha Mar 22 '14 at 13:45

Very Simple echo in PHP error

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