[PHP-WIN] Re: Test.php loads, but nothing in Browser

2006-01-28 Thread mailbox 19860221
@Howard > [...] my guess is that most people write their scripts > using short tags. So the default setting should be set > to short. Any reason to keep it set to off?? Security > Reason?? I do not agree. Older versions of the php engine (or older system configurations) could be able to understand

[PHP-WIN] Re: Test.php loads, but nothing in Browser

2006-01-27 Thread Howard
Thanks Massimo Your suggestion helped. It was the Short Tag setting was turned off. The only changed I made was to turn it on, and restart Apache. Voila and there is the PHP info page. I can't remember seeing the any info in the directions about setting this tag. It seems to be omitted since i

[PHP-WIN] RE: Test.php loads, but nothing in Browser

2006-01-27 Thread Jim McDonald
Yes, the closing tag is optional and PHP tends to ignore additional whitespace. HOWEVER, if you put white space in the middle of a token (i.e. "? >" or "phpin fo();"), PHP will die. -jim -Original Message- From: M. Sokolewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:0

[PHP-WIN] Re: Test.php loads, but nothing in Browser

2006-01-27 Thread mailbox 19860221
"Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote in Notepad the script , > and saved the page as test.php Try This should work correctly. You used the "short open tags" syntax, often disabled in your php.ini configuration; is the most correct, *common* and portable syntax. Best regards -- Massim

[PHP-WIN] Re: Test.php loads, but nothing in Browser

2006-01-27 Thread M. Sokolewicz
actually, the closing tag is optional in php; it's not required(!) and PHP also doesn't mind a ton of whitespaces, it ignores them I would also suggest checking your display_errors value in your php.ini, make sure it's On. - tul Howard wrote: Error Reporting is set as you show. I changed

Re: [PHP-WIN] Re: Test.php loads, but nothing in Browser

2006-01-26 Thread Sean Rowe
Did you name your script with a .php extension? Also, did you configure http.conf to recognize php files? You have to set up the different file types. Check the install file for how to do that. It gives the instructions verbatim. sean On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 18:15 -0800, Howard wrote: > Error R

[PHP-WIN] Re: Test.php loads, but nothing in Browser

2006-01-26 Thread Howard
Error Reporting is set as you show. I changed the script to what you show, and it still doesn't work. Apache recognizes PHP but for some reason doesn't run scripts. I even tried the "Hello World" script in an html file. More likely than not you have notices/warnings turned off in your php.ini f

[PHP-WIN] RE: Test.php loads, but nothing in Browser

2006-01-26 Thread Jim McDonald
More likely than not you have notices/warnings turned off in your php.ini file. Check error_reporting = E_ALL set. The problem with your test.php script is probably that you do not have a proper closing tag. You said your script is: when it should look more like: The main difference here