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  1. nicholasjamesevans
    Okay, so the strangest thing was going on. That specific file would not work! The code wasn't the problem, the PHP is running fine as well as Apache2. I deleted phpinfo.php and made a new file with the same exact name, phpinfo.php, and copied the same exact code to it. It worked great. I am happy it works now! But why in the world would that happen?
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    Yes, so the code is good. The page in my browser loads as a white blank page. There are no error messages, and I am using http://localhostin Firefox. The other php file is test.php and it has this code: <?php phpinfo(); ?> That file works fine! Which is quite odd. If my code is good on the other file, and my server is working with PHP, why am I seeing a blank white page?
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    Thank you Larry! I have the PHP working now, so the server and PHP is good, but the specific file isn't working. Is there possibly anything wrong with my code? It is as follows: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>First PHP Script</title> </head> <body> <?php phpinfo(); ?> </body> </html>
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    Hello everyone, My name is Nicholas, but please feel free to call me Nic. I just bought Larry's "PHP for the Web" book and it has been a great intoduction so far. I've gotten to the part in which Larry talks about getting a phpinfo.php file running. Unfortunately, it covers Windows and OS X, but not linux/Ubuntu. I am currently running Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS 64-bit. I am also using Gnome Shell Version 3.12.2 (if that is at all relevant, it wouldn't hurt to know at least) I have Apache2 installed on my system (2.4.7) and I do not know how to get phpinfo.php running on it. I'd be happy to add any additional details upon request, and I thank you for your time in regards to this question. Best, Nic UPDATE: Alright, so I've figured it out! The magic of research. I can access "localhost/phpinfo.php" in my web browser. However, phpinfo.php is just a blank white page. This isn't how the page is supposed to appear is it? UPDATE 2: After further reading, and file editing, I realized that I had not added a ";" to the code for phpinfo.php. What a simple mistake that could cause a lot of frustration. Unfortunately, that did not fix the problem. (1) I know my path is an actual URL starting with http:// (2) I know I have PHP enabled on the server. (3) I am not exactly sure what is meant in the book by "using the proper extension" I have a test.php file that I can open with my localhost. All the code is, is as follows: <?php phpinfo(); ?> So that file is working properly. (I believe I made it a while back when I first started getting into PHP, but didn't pursue it and soon gave up.) Why would the older test.php file work and not the phpinfo.php?
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