when i use php why does it always display parts of the code as text?

Question

when i type my php code in a html file, using notepad++ as my text editor,why does it always show some of the code as text on the web page

eg.

<?php   echo "hello world";   ?>

would output:

"hello world";?>

as text on the web page

why does it do this and how can I stop it?

Probably you have a double closure in the file: you repeat;?> — Lelio Faieta, Oct 28 '17 at 16:15
`in a html file` makes it HTML, not PHP. Unless you modified the handler, did you do that? — chris85, Oct 28 '17 at 16:21
@chris85 why doesn't it though as html files allow you to enter php code so why not run it — Joshua Charles Pickwell, Oct 28 '17 at 16:54
Because PHP is run through the PHP process. The PHP process only looks for `.php` files being run by apache or any other extension it is told to look at. The same with CLI when you use `php file.php` the first `php` invokes the PHP processor. — chris85, Oct 28 '17 at 17:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '17 at 16:32

You need to save your PHP code in a file with .php extension. To execute PHP code, you can call the interpreter from your command line with php myfile.php or from a webserver like Apache or nginx. Your browser cannot execute PHP code.

Read more about installing PHP here:
http://php.net/manual/en/install.php

If you're new to PHP, I would recommend you to read a good book (unfortunately I can't recommend one). Or if you're more the visual learner, take a look at The PHP Practioner made by Jeffrey Way.

when i use php why does it always display parts of the code as text?

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