i down loaded a file which is in php and cant open it. where is program to open?safe site to get program?

Question

I saved a file from a website it is a research paper that looked fine on web, but I didnt want to print it. can open it in note pad but it has alot of extra things like

etc. can I open it to look like a web page? where can i find out about php? I went to adobe site but am not a business person.

Answer 1

PHP files ends in .php, if that's the file you got, you need to have a local http server installed in your system that could handle php.

Here's a simple very easy to install program that could view PHP files in your local system.

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

download the version you need, install it and open up a browser and type in http://localhost. it would show a xampp intro page, if it shows that then everything is working fine. Copy the PHP file that you downloaded into the xampp/htdocs directory and then type this to your browser http://localhost/phpfilenamehere.php and it would display the PHP file you downloaded properly.

Answer 2

The file extension .php is used in web server enviornments and is a program. You should be able to open it using notepad, wordpad or you favorite test editor. All you save was the script that was generated by the web server.

Answer 3

You should be able to open it just fine in Internet Explorer.

Either right-click on the file, go to 'Open With' and choose Internet Explorer.

OR

Open Internet Explorer, go to File, Open and then navigate to the file.


Hope this helps.