Issue getting .php file to load properly

PHP
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So I’m reading the mysql/php sitepoint book and in chapter 3 I’m at the point where you make the welcome1.html and welcome1.php and upload them to the server.

When I do that I can get the .html file to open in my browser but when I click on the link (to the .php file) it tries to download the .php file instead of giving me the new page.

I noticed that the url bar has file:///application/mamp/welcome1.html instead of what it’s suppose to be, which is http://localhost/welcome1.html.

I’m on a mac using osx and using mamp.

Any reasons as to why this might be occurring?

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You sir (or ma’am)… are my new hero.

Much appreciated.

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Are you running the actual file? If so, you need to enter http://localhost/welcome1.html in your address bar.

When you directly open the file (i.e. by double-clicking on the “welcome1.html” file), it doesn’t run it through apache, so it can’t handle php files.