using php integrated into my html script

[askjames.lmx31]

at my www i have an HTML file called index.html which is the only file so far i have uploaded. I put a basic bit of php script into it (using <?php ?>) and it will not run it? it is a simple echo hello world, and the browser picks up other parts of the page? if you go to the site ( http://fbacs.x10.mx ) it reveals why; right click view source, and it shows that the php script insertion has been miss-interpreted as a comment? but i didn't actually put <!--? i put <? ???? whats going on here? do i have to install php? how do i get it to run php scripts?

 

[stpvoice]

Hello,

Unless a file has a php extension the server does not parse the code. You need to remodel the script so that it's a php file with html, rather than the other way around.

Thanks.

 

[Livewire]

Minor correction, rename it to index.php, problem should be solved. You can embed php into an html page that way, but it has to be a .php extension for the server to parse it as php.

The PHP parser will leave everything NOT between <?php ?> tags alone; everything between them will be processed as php