Just out of curiosity, what is the name of your page? It might be as simple as making sure it has a .php extension on your page. If it has an .html extension it won't work properly. Just a thought; I could be wrong about this.
Nick Wilson wrote: > * On 16-01-02 at 22:29 > * Richard said.... > > >>Hi there >> >>I just signed up for an account at Spaceports so I can play with PHP I >>placed some PHP code in an HTML page and uploaded it to the server. >> >>But when I checked it in my browser I got the error message: canšt parse >>line 1 >> >>Line 1 is simply the <HTML> tag!! >> >>On one of their user forums someone suggested getting rid of the HTML tags >>so I did and just left the PHP code on its own and this works fine so how >>can I use PHP with HTML? >> > > <html> > <head> > <title>RTFM</title> > <body> > <? > print("<h1>The Manual is your friend</h1>"); > ?> > </hody> > </html> > -- Sliante, Richard S. Crawford mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mossroot.com AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Yahoo!: rscrawford MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupery "Push the button, Max!" -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]