PHP problem

N.N.P · Sep 6, 2004

Hi, im very new to php (as in started learning 5 minutes ago) but i've come across a bit of a problem already. I got the following code from a php tutorial and apparently it should display todays date. I put it in a text file and saved it as a .html file but when i click on the page all i get is a blank white page. Im sure this is something incredibly basic but if someone can help it's appreciated.
Code:
<html> 
<head> 
<title>Listing 1-6</ title> 
</head> 
<body> 
Today's date: <?php print( Date(" l F d, Y")); ?> 
</body> 
</html>
I also tried saving it as a .php file and the same thing happened except first windows asked me what program i wanted to use to open the file. (I selected IE) Do i need some sort of server software installed for this to work? i.e apache

Thanks

brendandonhu · Sep 6, 2004

You don't necessarily need a web server, but you need PHP from http://php.net

deuce868 · Sep 7, 2004

PHP is a served language.(meaning it means to be processed, usually by a web server) The best thing to do is to get something like wamp that will setup a php/apache install on your machine. Then you must save your PHP files in the apache web root and pull them up from there.

brendan is right though, you can run php command line, but you'll have fun once you get to learning about validating html forms.

brendandonhu · Sep 7, 2004

Oh and I might add that you can also do GUI programming using PHP-Gtk

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