PHP 'Hello World' displays an additional ("; ?>) on a new line but my code appears correct

Asked Aug 23 '17 at 16:21

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My Hello World code is:

<html>
 <head>
  <title>PHP Test</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 <?php echo "<p>Hello World</p>"; ?> 
 </body>
</html>

The page when ran localhost/test.php loads fine but looks like:

Hello World

"; ?>

Why would my page be adding the "; ?> my code appears to be correct.

Thanks in advance.

asked Aug 23 '17 at 16:21

Paul Young

Is this really all the code you have? – Andreas Aug 23 '17 at 16:24
4

Your webserver does not execute the PHP code. Check the source code in your browser. – tkausl Aug 23 '17 at 16:24
Wouldn't that mean there should be an "echo" on the webpage too? @tkausl – Andreas Aug 23 '17 at 16:25
He said its a .php file. The code works fine. Its something else that is going on that you did not mention – Ice76 Aug 23 '17 at 16:26
2

@Andreas no, the Browser sees the whole `` as a HTML-tag. – tkausl Aug 23 '17 at 16:26
1

The browser is interpreting the open PHP tag as an HTML element, so not displaying anything up until the first `>` - in this case the end of the opening `
` tag
– iainn Aug 23 '17 at 16:26
Ahh.. good one! @tkausl – Andreas Aug 23 '17 at 16:26
Yes this is just a test php file before I start working through my tutorials. – Paul Young Aug 23 '17 at 16:27
How do I enable php on the server then @tkausl – Paul Young Aug 23 '17 at 16:30
There are various reason your PHP code will not be executed. The answer on the possible duplicate enumerates some of the most common ones. – Don't Panic Aug 23 '17 at 16:30
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How did you install the webserver? If you just installed apache2 through your package manager, you need to install `php` and `libapache2-mod-php` aswell. (and enable the mod, i.e. `a2enmod php`) – tkausl Aug 23 '17 at 16:31
One thing that isn't mentioned in that answer is that you'll likely need to restart your web server if you make any changes to its configuration. – Don't Panic Aug 23 '17 at 16:32
Thank you that worked great I just needed to install libapache2-mod-php @tkausl – Paul Young Aug 23 '17 at 16:43

PHP 'Hello World' displays an additional ("; ?>) on a new line but my code appears correct

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