> -----Original Message----- > From: Col Day [mailto:colinday3@xxxxxxx] > Sent: 05 October 2010 12:55 > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Re: Continuance of the struggle (trying to > understand) > > Hi Shreyas, > > Ok, as far as I can tell the script should show "This is an HTML > line" > reflecting that I am seeing the HTML part of the script followed by > "This is > a PHP line" to show that PHP is installed and working fine. > > If I view the script directly in IE by going to > http://localhost/phptest.php > I get the output: > > This is an HTML line > > This is a PHP line > > followed by a large and detailed list of the PHP install which > includes > things like compiler language etc. > > If I paste the script into a web page then all that is displayed is What on earth does this mean? http://localhost/phptest.php *is* a web page -- especially as you have structured it as PHP within HTML -- so why would you want to paste the code anywhere else? I think your concepts are a little skew-whiff, and you need to explain what it is you think you're trying to do in more detail so that we can spot where it is that your understanding is wrong. Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507 City Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS, LS1 3HE, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php