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This basic html shows the paragraph tags in Firefox, but will not execute the php code. I'm running Apache XAMPP 2.4.39 on a Fedora laptop.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>

<p>My first paragraph, 7/5.</p>
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
</body>
</html>
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    Is your file extension .php or .html? Commented Jul 6, 2019 at 20:03
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    PHP does not run in a browser. Commented Jul 6, 2019 at 20:09
  • Do you mean it works on another browser then? Commented Jul 6, 2019 at 20:21
  • He means it's a server-side language. Neither Firefox nor any other browser need to know about PHP, let alone execute it. This must be a configuration issue or a misuse within Xampp. Commented Jul 7, 2019 at 12:09

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You can run php -v from command line to verify if PHP is installed and running correctly.

Check if your file has a .php extension.

Be sure you are accessing the file from a webserver using a URL like http://localhost/example.php and not via local file://localhost/www/example.php.

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