Topic: help...php in html

[disturbed]

I'm just now learning some php.

I'm getting some basic ideas of how it works and its going well...but I just cannot figure out why echo-ing php in html doesn't work....

If I have a php file with this contents:
echo "test echo";
$blah="display blah";
echo $blah;

and I run the file, it works great.

However, if I put in the same code inline with html code by:

<?php
echo "test echo";
$blah="display blah";
echo $blah;
?>

....nothing.  Empty.  Nothing gets displayed.


Why is this?  Also, because of this I cannot figure out how to use variables from php in html...same issue I believe.

[mudmanc4]

You need to enable error reporting and/or display errors in php.ini.

[disturbed]

tried that....made a php.ini and put it in the same folder as my script....still the same outcome

[mudmanc4]

tried that....made a php.ini and put it in the same folder as my script....still the same outcome

 Create a php.ini in your cgi-bin directory right?

[disturbed]

I tried both the location where my .html file is that I am trying to run and now the cgi-bin as well.  Nothing.

[mudmanc4]

Do you have " display_errors " turned on?

 Since it is a syntax error , nothing will execute there fore no errors, did you check the logfile?

[disturbed]

Yes, I did both:
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');

No errors within the erorr log.  It's empty.

[mudmanc4]

Yes, I did both:
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');

No errors within the erorr log.  It's empty.

 Shouldn't the ini_set('display_errors', '1'); look like   ini_set('display_errors', 'on' " , or does "1" represent on ?

[disturbed]

yes, 1 is on....

Wierd thing is...within html when I use the <?php ....

not even the print "something"; works

.......argh....

[mudmanc4]

yes, 1 is on....

Wierd thing is...within html when I use the <?php ....

not even the print "something"; works

.......argh....

 Is apache running? hahahaa

[disturbed]

lol...everything is up and running

[disturbed]

.....i can echo and print all I want from within php scripts....just not html....

[EBrown]

See if this helps:

http://www.desilva.biz/php/phpinhtml.html

[disturbed]

Well, when I do that I get:

Premature end of script headers ERROR in the log.

[EBrown]

Try:

<?php echo "test echo"; ?>

With all the edits the page said to do.