表单操作下载php文件而不是

Question

I have this form on my website:

<div class="searchBar">
    <form action="searchDB.php" method="get">
        <input type="text" class="searchBarInput" bdo dir="rtl" name="k">
        <input type="image" class="searchBarIcon" src="../images/searchBarIcon2.png" border="0" alt="Submit" />
    </form>
</div>

and when I press "enter" or press the icon. the searchDB.php file is being downloaded instead of running the php file..

here's the code inside the php(its only for checking the mechanics of the connection between php and HTML..)

<?php
echo"This is a php file!";
?>

PS Ive tried downloading WAMP and installing it, nothing heppend. and I follows a tutorial on youtube about how to install PHP on your computer, nothing changed there aswell.. anything I can do?

Answer 1

Your PHP file is probably in the wrong folder or you are accessing it with a 'local file' URL that starts with file:// .(yes, that a different slash). Remember, PHP is a server-side language, it requires a "web server" to "serve" you pages, it's not like opening or running any file with any action like in Explorer. Typically, in WAMPP (or XAMPP), there is a htdocs folder in which you put all the web-serverable files. XAMPP already places some sample files. The URL will look like : "http:\locahost:nnn\index.php" where nnn is usually a port number, with index.php in the htdocs folder. Typically, you put your files in a subfolder inside htdocs, and include that in the URL.