PHP Code Not Executing - All PHP displayed on browser

[bbmixer]

Installed XAMPP 1.8.3-5 on my MAC OS X. Everything seems to be working fine (i.e. when I enter "http://localhost/xampp/" in browser, it takes me to XAMPP welcome page.)

I am trying to write PHP code in my text editor (tried two different ones -TextWrangler & Tincta) and the PHP code is not executing. When I run the code it simply displays all the code in the browser (Safari), including all brackets….every line of code is simply displayed exactly as I write it in the text editor.(ex. <?php echo "Hello"; ?> - will be displayed exactly like this in the browser.)….and I am saving with as a .php file.

All .html & .css & js files work just fine…..the only code that will not run is PHP.

[Altrea]

How did you access your PHP files?
which address does your browser show?

[bbmixer]

Sorry for the delayed reply….

Here is how the address is displayed in the browser:

file:///Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/connect.php

One other thing, I just tried adding a php echo tag within one of my html scripts…and when I open the page in the browser, nothing from the php script is displayed.

Seems the system is simply not processing any kind of php code.

[Nobbie]

file:///Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/connect.php

What is wrong, that does not work. You *MUST NOT* double click connect.php in an File Explorer or similar, you MUST apply a valid URL to the browser, in this case it is http://localhost/connect.php (you may simply click on that link).

Seems the system is simply not processing any kind of php code.

Of course not, because with file:// protocoll the browser simply opens the file for reading directly, but what you need is Apache(!!!) to open the file and send it to the browser. And for Apache you need the protocoll http and the hostname (i.e. Servername) is "localhost", when it is running locally (on the same PC as the client i.e. the browser). Keep in mind, that usually you need TWO PCs for that scenario, a Server and a Client. In this special case the Server is actually the same hardware as the client, but you need to address the Server in order to trigger Apache.

[bbmixer]

thats was it !!

This is all new for me….Thank you for taking the time to reply