So I'm not asking for a tutorial here. The matter is much more trivial.
I have tried to get PHP onto my machine without success. I have tried tools like xampp, which was partially accessible, I have managed to launch it, start up a php server, but here's where my problems come in:
Consider this code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP test</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "Hi!";
>
</body>
</html>
Maybe it's the code, maybe it's something else, but ur... that doesn't work when I go and try it with xampp.
So, my question is, how? How would one run php?
I don't want to use a free host out there... Uploading files just to fix an error is a bit too absurd, I want to test it on my machine and only upload when I verify that everything works successfully.
Suggestions/tips?