Setting UTF-8 on a php script yields HTML source code, not the rendered content

Question

When I set content type at the top of a simple PHP script:

<?php
    header('Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8');
    echo "<P>this is a paragraph</p>";
?>

The page is served as HTML source code (not php, just the HTML).

<P>this is a paragraph</p>

Why is that?

I don't understand...can you elaborate? btw, are you new to php? — Hackerman, Jan 25 '17 at 15:32
This has nothing to do with setting UTF-8, but with using the wrong `content-type` — junkfoodjunkie, Jan 25 '17 at 15:34
Would a mod please delete this? It was a simple overlooked type-o in my code, but there are answers that prevent me from removing. Please delete to reduce clutter on SO. — a coder, Jan 25 '17 at 15:45

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 25 '17 at 15:32

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I wouldn't expecting anything else when serving the content as text/plain. If you want the browser to interpret this as HTML, change the header to text/html.

answered Jan 25 '17 at 15:32

Bartosz Zasada

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this was a simple type-o in my code, and this answer means I can't delete my mistake and reduce clutter on SO. – a coder Jan 25 '17 at 15:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '17 at 15:33

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Php is server-side: It will execute and send what you tell it to send.
Sending the content-type header won't affect the php output, but will affect how the client evaluates it.
In your case, even if you echo <script>alert('test');</script>, it won't be considered javascript by the client but only text, same goes for all html tags.

answered Jan 25 '17 at 15:33

Antony

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this was a simple type-o in my code, and this answer means I can't delete my mistake and reduce clutter on SO. – a coder Jan 25 '17 at 15:44

Setting UTF-8 on a php script yields HTML source code, not the rendered content

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