I’m sure this is simple and stupid on my part, but my php code

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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T03:38:42+00:00 2026-06-11T03:38:42+00:00

I’m sure this is simple and stupid on my part, but my php code keeps showing up in my html page.

This is just a simple test:

<html>
<body>
Test 1<br>
<?php

print "Test 2";
echo "Test 3";
print "<b>Test 4</b>";

?>

Test 5<br>

</body>
</html>

And this is how it looks:

Test 1<br>
Test 4"; ?> Test 5

What the heck am I doing wrong? Above I’ve mixed echo and print to show it doesn’t seem to make a difference.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-11T03:38:44+00:00

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You are not accessing the program through a web server that supports PHP and is configured to parse that page for PHP directives.

You must access the page through an HTTP server (e.g. Apache HTTPD), not directly from your file system.
The HTTP server must have PHP installed
The page must match the configuration for PHP files (by default this is normally “Has a .php file extension”)

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