PHP not working

[Michael641]

I typed my php code into the notepad text editor (windows 10) and when I run it the code that I typed into notepad shows (vs the Hello World statement that was supposed to show), has anyone else had this problem, does anyone have any solutions? I tried to use xammp with Netbeans but I get the error 400.

 

[canadianvice]

PHP does not work natively with no additional tools - on the code side, at least. You need a server-side element to execute it.

If you want to set up your own PHP server to test your code, you can use XAMPP.

Alternatively, you can probably find a PHP interpreter online that will let you test and run your scripts in the browser.

Also, don't use notepad. Notepad is garbage. Go download Notepad ++. It has syntax highlighting for PHP and a bunch of other helpful programmer stuff.