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How to see output from a php script

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 11362 / 2 Years ago, thu, september 15, 2022, 10:49:23

I am new to php programming and i have installed it on Ubuntu server, the server is a LAMP server. As i was doing my introductory lecture, i created first.php file but i understand it cannot be compiled and run like c or java. I would want to know what i must do to see that my program is working. The Ubuntu server that i am working on does not have GUI installed so i would want to know if i can still use it successfully.

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answered 2 Years ago edseager · Accepted Answer

as you mentioned you dont have a GUI you can try out CLI browsers. many browsers are there among them I always choose lynx and you can install it by using

sudo apt-get install lynx-cur

make sure that you have placed your first.php file in the proper location.

then check with your .php file.

I mean I have tested it like this

jai@frank-Jai:~$ lynx 127.0.01

Looking up  '127.0.01' first

there 127.0.0.1 indicates the local server.

then it will display output as enter image description here

for example if you have written a .php script then you execute it as

php script:

root@frank-Jai:~# cat /var/www/ho.php 

<html>

<body>



<?php

echo "My first PHP script!";

?>



</body>

</html>

root@frank-Jai:~#

Then I am placing it in the /var/www/ directory with some name. in my case it is po.php . then you cane execute it as

lynx 127.0.0.1/ho.php

and output will be

enter image description here

hope that helps you too understand how to execute a php script.