PHP Forum

**Smudly** · 11-27-2010, 10:35 PM

I am working on a Contact Form in my .php file. I have always worked with loose doctypes, however, today I am using strict. I have my php above my html, and none of the code runs. Instead, it just displays some of the Echos to the page (these aren't even called yet). Also, in my form, I have the following:

<INPUT NAME="Name" SIZE="30" value="<?php echo $Name; ?>">

On the page inside the field, it is displaying: <?php echo $Name; ?>

What is going on here and how can I fix this issue?

Yes, the pages are .php
Here is the doctype:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

Any input appreciated

**NullPointer** · 11-28-2010, 12:48 AM

PHP is entirely unaware of what format its output is in; it doesn't matter what doctype, markup, language, or format. In other words, using a certain doctype should have absolutely no affect on PHP.

If unparsed code is being displayed in the browser then your code isn't being parsed by PHP. From the information you posted I have no idea why, but I am 100% sure it is not because of the doctype.

**colbyt** · 11-28-2010, 06:08 PM

If you are using notepad or even one of the better editors and failed to select to correct file type it may have been saved filename.php.txt which would then render without processing. BTDT more than once.

**PaulW** · 11-28-2010, 07:45 PM

If it isn't a file extension issue, speak to your sys admin or hosting company urgently! Move any library or header files containing sensitive values immediately until the problem is fixed.