New to PHP - Internel server error

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I'm trying to switch from my CGI includes to PHP now that CGI has been banned.

At first I'm trying to run a Hello World test at http://www.rodriguezgarcia.com/php/hello.php, just to see if it works, but I get the Internal Server Error screen.

I tried to chmod the file to 777, 755 but still getting the error.

Is there anything I should enable? I can't find anything in cpanel.

Thanks.
 
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What is the exact code you are trying to execute?
also, a .htaccess might be the cause, check to see if there is one
 
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The code is:

<html>

<body>



<?php

echo "Hello World";

?>



</body>

</html>


I don't have a .htaccess. What should it contain and where should it be placed?

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im going out on a limb here, so anyone more qualified please step in.
check to see if there is a .htaccess in the parent directories, if there is rename it to something different (so that it disables it from being read, but you still retain the file)

your php code looks fine and should work
 
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I found 2 .htaccess above the folder containing hello.php. I renamed both but I'm still getting the error.
 
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Your php file should now work properly.

The problem was permission. You had the containing folder set to 777, which is world writable, due to security reasons those will cause an error if their content is to be directly accessed by the browser.

Also I changed the perms on the file itself, in general files should have 644 and folders 755
 
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