My computer has forgotten how to open PHP files??

Cebby · 07-26-2004, 06:23 AM

When I try to get into a webmail application, I get a dialog box asking me if I want to save the file, open the file, etc. It says the file is a PHP file.

It used to just open it in IE so I could check webmail. Now it launches Dreamweaver (a blank document). I changed the file type association back to IE and it just opens a blank doc after it appears to DL a PHP file.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

I made no changes to any software. This "new" behavior just started happening on it's own.

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Paul H. · 07-29-2004, 04:39 PM

Mine is doing the same thing whenever I try to bring up my yahoo or msn mail accounts. It started doing this earlier this week. HELP!!!!!!!!!! :cry:

ldivinag · 08-01-2004, 01:46 AM

PHP is a server side scripting language.

so you CANNOT open a PHP file on your side, unlike javascripting.

the server you are on, is messed up. when you open a page that has PHP code in it - whether the file ends in .HTM or .PHP (PHP can be embedded into an HTML file with no problems) - the webserver is supposed to parse that file and hand it off to the PHP module (usually runs with APACHE webserver) and it then processes the code.

which then turns the PHP code into normal HTML code which your browse can display...

ldivinag · 08-01-2004, 01:48 AM

correction, you cannot execute a PHP file on your local side, unless you also have a web server running.

or you can run PHP interactively.

but again, i think something is wrong on the web server you are trying to get to...

what is it anyways?

jacksonpt · 08-02-2004, 05:34 AM

Yup... Leo is right. Sounds like a problem with the other end - not your machine.

amusement · 08-02-2004, 07:32 PM

It's nice to have nerds hanging out here. PHP scripts only run on the server ... as previously written.

ldivinag · 08-02-2004, 08:03 PM

hey... i resemble that remark.....

jacksonpt · 08-03-2004, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amusement

It's nice to have nerds hanging out here.

HEEY!!! oh, wait... yes, hi!.

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ldivinag Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: N37 39* W122 3* Posts: 1,428	PHP is a server side scripting language. so you CANNOT open a PHP file on your side, unlike javascripting. the server you are on, is messed up. when you open a page that has PHP code in it - whether the file ends in .HTM or .PHP (PHP can be embedded into an HTML file with no problems) - the webserver is supposed to parse that file and hand it off to the PHP module (usually runs with APACHE webserver) and it then processes the code. which then turns the PHP code into normal HTML code which your browse can display... __________________ leo d. stock 90 4runner

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ldivinag Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: N37 39* W122 3* Posts: 1,428	correction, you cannot execute a PHP file on your local side, unless you also have a web server running. or you can run PHP interactively. but again, i think something is wrong on the web server you are trying to get to... what is it anyways? __________________ leo d. stock 90 4runner

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jacksonpt Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 2,753	Yup... Leo is right. Sounds like a problem with the other end - not your machine. __________________ Jackson - My Site 96 SR5 4x4 - 33" MTs, open diffs, and 3.90s - LET'S ROCK! My runner has bee traded in sniff on an 06 SR5 long bed d-cab Tacoma. The tacoma is nice, but... sniff ... I'll update my site when I'm done grieving.

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ldivinag Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: N37 39* W122 3* Posts: 1,428	hey... i resemble that remark..... __________________ leo d. stock 90 4runner

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amusement Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 1,509	It's nice to have nerds hanging out here. PHP scripts only run on the server ... as previously written.

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