why php and html mixed code is not working?

Question

I tried to write this simple code but it's not working. This is my code...

    <html>
    <body>

    <?php
    $color = "red";
    ?>

    <p>Roses are <?=$color?></p>

    </body>
    </html>

i saved this code as new.php it shows in the browser window only "Roses are" text. the value of $color is not printed. i also saved it as new.html but the result is same. what is the problem? what have i done wrong ?

do a 'view source' in you browser. if the php code shows up there, you server is misconfigured and isn't running .php files through the php interpreter. by default, .html files are usually NOT run through php, so no surprise that's not working. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Feb 5, 2013 at 20:42
@palatok are you running this on a server or your local machine? if it's on your local machine, are you running apache and navigating to the page, or double clicking the file to open it? your code works properly for me — Jeff Hawthorne
– Jeff Hawthorne, Commented Feb 5, 2013 at 20:45
double click to open won't run php, that's the issue then. you need an apache server (like xampp) and you need to navigate to it like localhost/somefolder/new.php double clicking it won't run the script. if you install xampp and start up the apache server, then stick your file inside the htdocs folder and use localhost/new.php, that should work — Jeff Hawthorne
– Jeff Hawthorne, Commented Feb 5, 2013 at 20:48
it's because things like php and jsp have to be "run" not just opened — Jeff Hawthorne
– Jeff Hawthorne, Commented Feb 5, 2013 at 20:50

Oskar Persson · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05 20:47:58Z

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Try

<html>
<body>

<?php
$color = "red";
?>

<?php echo('<p>Roses are '.$color.'</p>'); ?>

</body>
</html>

or

<html>
<body>

<?php
$color = "red";
?>

<p>Roses are <?php echo $color; ?></p>

</body>
</html>

edited Feb 5, 2013 at 20:47

answered Feb 5, 2013 at 20:42

Oskar Persson

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palatok Over a year ago

<p>Roses are <?php echo $color; ?></p> . i tried this also ... not working

Joseph Silber · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05 20:41:46Z

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It seems like short tags are disabled on your server. Use this instead:

<?php $color = "red"; ?>

<p>Roses are <?php echo $color; ?></p>

answered Feb 5, 2013 at 20:41

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Niet the Dark Absol · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05 20:42:32Z

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<?=$color?> only works if you have short tags enabled in the configuration, or if you are using PHP 5.4 or higher.

Since it's not showing anything, this is clearly not the case. Either change the configuration, upgrade to PHP 5.4, or use the full <?php echo $color ?>

answered Feb 5, 2013 at 20:42

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