PHP Forum

**honorfield** · 08-25-2009, 07:18 AM

Hey all,

i'm really sorry that i bother you with such a question, but i've been sitting on this for quite a while now and i just don't know what to do anymore.
I've got here a very simple php code (my first one), embedded in a html body.
It is an exact copy of an example on the internet. But it doesn't work for me.
I tried it first on my local server with no luck, and than uploaded it to my
hosts server (http://www.8lions.com.au/helloworld.html), but still no notable effect.
I'm sure there is a simple answer for it, please help me.
It's such a frustrating start to php.

<html>
<head>
<title>Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo "Hello World!"; ?>
</body>
</html>

**wayfarer07** · 08-25-2009, 10:10 AM

By default, PHP is only parsed in files which have a .php extension to them. Your file has a .html extension.

**katsas** · 08-25-2009, 04:42 PM

When you have a php code to be executed, there must be always your file extension .php

**wayfarer07** · 08-25-2009, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katsas

When you have a php code to be executed, there must be always your file extension .php

Technically not true, but true by default. A server can be configured to parse any type of file as PHP, but the default must be manually overridden.