On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 15:33, Tanvir Mohammed wrote: > Hello, > > I have just installed php4 following the instructions on > http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/00/44/index4a_page10.html?tw=programming , > however after the installation i tested it as recommended and what came on the > screen was as follows: > > 1)I typed the code <? php echo "Hello World"; ?> in a text document > > 2)But what appeared was <? php echo "Hello World"; ?> and not what i > expected as in "hello world" alone. > > It seems to me as it hasnt worked as if i type anything in a text > document it appears as what you type. > > There were some other guidlines, if the installation did not work, but > i checked them throughly and the same thing appears. > > If someone could help me, i would very much appreciate that. i have > only recently started to learn about php so my knowledge is limited > however i did follow the instructions step by step. > > Thank you > > Tanvir Mohammed, Kingston University
You have a space between the ? and php in your file. I assume that the filename has a .php extension too. HTH Chris
