[Henry]

I have my own little old laptop i muck around with sometimes and for some reason my computer doesnt acknowledge PHP and when viewing my PHP files it asks me to download it but when i view it on the net (other peoples sites) its fine and its clear.

I run a windows 98 on a old Toshiba laptop and i have IE 6.

Is this just because 98 doesnt know about PHP and if so is there a program i can use so it does acknowledge it or is my computer just old.

either way it doesnt worry me cause i can use my other but i was just wondering?????

[MagnuM]

It has nothing to do with your system.

I supose your problem is the way you are calling the PHP files. They have to be served by a web server (Apache), and the path from the browser should look like http://localhost/yourfile.php.

This is why you see the other PHP pages from some web sites working, because they run a web server that is parsing the PHP files.

In your case the browser is just return you the PHP file without compile it, thats why you get a download message.

[drgn91]

you can download php and install it on your own computer, to locally view php files.
i think you get it from www.php.net (think thats the addy)

[darkcarnival]

also it would work on a 95 if u had a old version of PHP so windows isnt the problem just unix is more common.but instal it and it shouls work(btw that is the right address)

[Henry]

Thanks heaps!