Hi I have installed, MySQL, Apache2 and PHP 4.3.3 as new user, but no matter I do my php pages (e.g phpinfo)are not displayed, but HTML text is fine, please, please help, is there something else i need to set in PHP install
patrick

What do you use to look at them?

And what do you see instead?

that's the point I see nothing, but any html code displays fine, is there something I can check in my PHP/SQL installation i am using PHP 4.3.3 as a beginner before i go to 5

Do you see the php code in the source code when the page is rendered?

You are obviously viewing the page source, you need to open the php file in an editor. The php file sends html to the browser, if you view the page source in the browser, all you will see is html and javascript. You need to read up on the client/ server, http header relationship.

if you are setting up an apache/php/mysql setup on your box you need to check in the apache config files. basically it seems like you have not told apache about the php installation so it wont send any php files to the php interpreter.

As a result what you will get on running this sort of page

<?php
echo phpinfo();
?>

is the exact text in the file displayed on teh browser, basically apache treating the file as it would any other file and outputting it to the browser as html text.

The same instance occurs if you write a block of php coding and forget to open the php tags. <?php

<?php
echo phpinfo();
?>

Wrong syntax.

phpinfo(); has an implied echo as part of the command, so only requires

PHP Code:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>