unable to Launch php files in chrome browser-CodePudding

I am getting a problem loading php files in my chrome browser. if i try loading the file it returns the html content in the browser. and if i try loading with another browser, it works well. any help?

the html content

<?php

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no'>
<title>TEST PAGE</title>

<style></style>
</head>

<body> 
<a href='logout.php'> logout</a><br>
<h2> index page</H2>
<p>hello username</p>

</body>
</html>

how the file appears in the browser

CodePudding user response：

PHP is a server-side programming language, it has to be interpreted on the server, therefore you will have to start a local web server which interprets your .php files, from the web server address you will see the interpreted code in your browser, and you will notice that all PHP blocks <?php ?> won't be there anymore, since the files are interpreted.

Accessing from file:// protocol therefore won't work, you have to access the web server address, for example: http://localhost.

No browser understands PHP, since all browsers only understand HTML, CSS, JS.

CodePudding user response：

please clear the caches data from your chrom browser and the re-enter specific url in your file/folder.and make sure your saved file extention is .php