A Simple Form: Php & Html

Question

I-m writing a simple form in HTML that submits the user name and age, then opens a .php page and prints them.

This is the code:

main.html

<form action="Test.php" method="post">
 Name: <input type="text" name="fname" />
 Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
 <input type="submit" />
</form>

Test.php

Welcome <?php echo $_POST["fname"]; ?>!<br />
You are <?php echo $_POST["age"]; ?> years old.

Тhe problem is, when I open the main.html, enter some values and press Submit, it doesnt show me the Test.php page, instead it downloads it.

Аny suggestions?

Thanks.

• Mr Lister: Does the server support php at all?
• Dmitry Teplyakov: Php not configured properly for your server
• Howaida Khoureieh: @DmitryTeplyakov, How can I configure it properly?
• Love Dager: Are you requesting the page via localhost/127.0.0.1 or just opening the file in the browser?
• Madara's Ghost: Try adding a test PHP script to your web server dir, and make sure PHP is actually installed/enabled. <?php phpinfo(); ?> - user1027562

Answer 1

Check your server is running. Check you request page properly (http://localhost/main.html or over your virtual host)

XAMPP should be configure server properly. Most common things for php work in httpd.conf are:

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so # or necessary .dll for windows
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Restart apache and try again. Try to directly request Test.php, you should see some warnings if all is ok.

Answer 2

Restart Apache or whatever your webserver may be.

sudo service apache2 restart in Ubuntu, or use the XAMPP control panel.

Then try again.