My server doesn't show my php webpage

Hello,

i am kind of new in programming and now i have a question. I tried to figure it out on my own, but...

I created my webpage solely with html. Since i don't want to change my navbar on every page when i have some minor changes, i tried to implement it with php.

I did the navbar kind of like this:

<div>
<ul>
<li>link1</li>
<li>link2</li>
</ul>
</div>

HTML:

In the body of my page i wrote this :

<?php include('navbar.html);?>

PHP:

I changed my page from default.html to default.php. But when i now upload my webpage to the server, it will not get online.

Where is the mistake? Is there a fault in my code or does it have to do with my server? My server definitely supports php...is there anything i have to change before i can make php pages visible..like a database or sth.????

Sorry for this probably easy question, but just started learning php.

Thanks a lot,
Maurizio

 

You missed a '
Make sure the file is in the same directory as the navbar, and make sure navbar is .html, not .htm

<?php include('navbar.html');?> 

Code (markup):

 

Thanks for this fast response Panzer. I will try it again like you said.

 

I added the ' but i still have the same problem. The weird thing is that the whole page is not visible and i just get a "page not found". Do I have to change any settings in my server menu?

i.e. My directory is called html. Within this directory there is a folder called php_uploads. Do i have to save my php pages in this folder?

Before i did everything in html and it worked perfectly. When i change my pages to php they will not be visible anymore


Thanks to everyone who can give me some helpful hints!

Maurizio

 

hmm, i wonder what the name of your file is though and if you have successfuly set up php/apache

 

er, this may be an obvious thing to try but humour me... are whereas it used to be that the default directory index was default.html / htm, it does not follow that the php equivalent is also default.php

have you tried actually going to hxxp://yourdomain/default.php? or renaming to index.php?

but yeah, if PHP has not been compiled correctly / crashes / application type handler for .php not setup, you'd see blank pages. But: you won't see 'page not found' - which leads me to believe you are not trying the correct filename.

 

Your html file needs to be in the same folder/directory as your PHP file. Not a different one.

 

Make sure you have installed an apache server, that's the result to having no apache active..
Good luck

 

I think your server uses IIS as webserver, that's not quite good for PHP.