First php script - no output [closed]

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I work with WAMP server 2.2.17 and PHP 5.3.5. I'm trying to make a PHP script in ConTEXT (text editor). I type literally this:

<? php
"hi everyone";
?>

And save this with Save as... an开发者_开发问答d give the file name: "test.php" (I put " that to be sure that he would not changed my extension to .txt) Save as type: All files (and I try with PHP). I went to WAMP, refresh him and nothing. I type in root location http://localhost:8080/test.php and nothing happens. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Or what else I should do?

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It is not valid code. try

<?php
echo "hi everyone";
?>

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You can look at the source code of a page (press Ctrl+U or right-click in most modern browsers), and you'll see the php code.

This means php did not interpret your code. One reason could be that php just echoes everything not in <?php ... ?>, and can, unlike a human, not recognize your similar <? php (note the space character). Another one could be a misconfiguration of php or Apache, most likely missing (AddType x-httpd-php .php or php's configuration).

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You just created a string variable. You will need to send this to the browsers somehow.

In PHP this can be done with echo, which sends output to the users browser.

So for example:

$vartest = 'Hello ';
echo $vartest;
echo "World!";

Would send "Hello World!" to the page when you visit it with your browser.

But this assumes you get a blank screen and not a error screen that complains about not finding the website. If this is the case you should check your server.

Also, PHP code bloack starts with either a <?php or for short <? and ends with a ?>. Your code would be between these two.