Lindsay,
[I have posted this back to the list - there are others here with greater minds than 
mine!]

> It sounds as if you are opening the .htm[l] or .php file in your browser.
> Remember that PHP requires server-side
> processing, so a page must be called from a web server (which is in turn
> interfacing to PHP). Can you set up
> your own web server, or a virtual server somewhere?

> I have tried that now and they still appear blank even going through the web
> server and pointing my browser to that. The phpinfo.php I have also created
> as I am told this would give config deatils. When I view that I just see the
> code I have put in the file. Could it be that the web server is not php
> enabled?? It is a windows 2000 server box using IIS.


You are correct.

Despite indications to the contrary, it is not difficult to get IIS to serve PHP.
RTFM: Chapter 2. Installation
In particular:
General Installation Considerations
Installation on Windows systems
Servers-CGI/Commandline
and
Servers-IIS/PWS

Read carefully, keep your wits about you, and take it one step at a time! My advice is 
to work through the text
and initially to disregard the user-annotations - there is a lot of confusion between 
the different requirements
of various combinations of versions of PHP and versions of IIS (and versions of 
Windows!).

I have been using Apache on NT, but last weekend sat down to put PHP on a Win2000 box. 
It was quite
straightforward, and works quite happily.

Regards,
=dn
PS if you really get in a bind, you can call me on my Orange cell phone (London) and 
I'll sit in front of my
machine and try to talk you through it.


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