simple echo

do you have any ideas why the code below or any other code i tried can not run at any browser. i get a blank page

<?php
$my_string = "Hello Bob.  My name is: ";
echo "Hi, I'm Bob.  Who are you? $my_string Bobetta";
?>

PHP:

excuse me if it is a stupid question but i m new at php programming. thank you for your time

 

Please try this

echo "Hi, I'm Bob.  Who are you? " . $my_string . " Bobetta";

Code (markup):

 

If u want to troubleshoot blank pages best thing to do is add this at the top

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set("display_errors", 1);
?>

 

no change. blank page again.

no error was diplayed but the output is blank page again

 

does echo $my_string; Work ??

 

Sounds like it might be an apache issue. Consider contacting your host. I've had this before, and it's due to Apache not having the correct permissions to view the file

 

I do not find any error in the code, I think this is another issue.

 

do you have apache and php installed? do you have the file with php code in you localhost?

 

perhaps create a file called phpinfo.php:

and add this snippet:

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

PHP:

Then reply with the a link to its location (on your site), so it'll help us identify what could possibly be going wrong.

 

Is it possible that your putting the above code or any other code into a html file like index.html whereas it should be .php index.php ?

 

If it was a html page it would show the php code in its raw format

 

Are you sure about that

 

make a html file, put
<?php echo 'hello'; ?> in it and then open the file in your browser
Check the source, I bet it is there

 

Ahh the source is there, but its just a blank page otherwise ?

I only said it as the OP has tried different php scripts, all with the same result " a blank page "

 

Well I would hope they would at least check the source lol

 

I know mate, but he did say he's new to php, I cant remember back when I started, but I am sure I did some silly things at the time, not knowing any better, I guess its how we learn.

 

fair point

 

Just check this link if you are using localhost. And make sure that your file extension is .php or .php3 or .php4 or .php5 or .phtml because its a silly mistake which anyone can do.

 

no

 

i have already installed xampp, put my file to the localhost root directory and checked the extension of the file (test.php)

thank u for the reply