PHP Ignored on HTML Page

Question

I am having trouble embedding my php inside my html. Im using the Bootstrap SB Admin template.

Here is my php, which is inside the <body>

<?php 
    $msg='<p>yo you yo</p>';
    echo $msg;
?>

No matter which method I try to insert my php, the page displays it incorrectly with my trailing ?> and other items displayed to the webpage

other methods include using <?...?> as well as placing the php in other sections of the html page.

The only other reason I can think that this would not be working would be if the template is causing the issue.

You cannot add PHP code to a HTML file and expect it to work, it wont. You can, however, add HTML to a PHP file and it will all work fine. — Mark
– Mark, Commented Jun 26, 2019 at 15:23
The reason you are seeing it "attempt to process" PHP is because XML tags are denoted with the <? beginning tag. Your files need to have a .php file extension and be (pre-)processed into HTML by PHP, either over CLI or (as typically done) over a webserver. PHP 7+ supports the -s option which allows you to run a PHP web server, self-contained in PHP. Read more here: (PHP Server inside PHP)[php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php] — Matt
– Matt, Commented Jun 26, 2019 at 15:26

Johannes · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-26 15:22:03Z

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Your file needs to have .php as file extension, not .html. Otherwise PHP won't be parsed/processed.

answered Jun 26, 2019 at 15:22

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Newb 4 You BB Over a year ago

oof thank you. I had been attempting using the .php file extension. I was confused why it was only displaying the script but that was because it wasnt opened on my local server. Again, thank you

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