How do you properly save php files in Web Expression 4?

[vibeit]

When I save php files in Web Expression 4, the software seems to save the file as text files despite having a php extension and when I preview the page on the browser it is showing the source code in plain text instead of a rendered web page. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[Dujith]

How did you save the files? If its saved as a .txt then at some point you told it to do so.

 

[C2dan88]

Loading .php files them directly into the browser will not work. Web browsers do not understand PHP.

 

To run php code on your pc you need install a webserver environment using using a suite such as XAMPP or WAMP

 

Save your sites files in the htdocs (or www for wamp)  folder and navigate to http://localhost to run your php code.

[vibeit]

I already have apache running. It seems like php files saved through this IDE are just saved as text even if the extension is php. First indicator I see is that syntax highlighting doesn't work. Typed source codes are all in black. CSS files are fine though.