How to trigger a popup message in PHP?

Question

I know the question has been asked over and over, but I cannot figure out what am I doing wrong:

<html>
    <head>
    </head>
<body>

<?php

echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('message successfully sent');</script>";

?>

</body>
</html>

Instead of a pop-up, this is what I see:

Change `script language='javascript'` to `script type='text/javascript'` — AndFisher, Mar 15 '17 at 15:59
View the source, I think your PHP is not being rendered so your `script` is not an element and you actually have `` as an element....It is strange that the quotes changed between your code and screenshot.. — chris85, Mar 15 '17 at 16:01
@MasivuyeCokile I thought it had to be .html...isn't php embedded in an html alright? — Dambo, Mar 15 '17 at 16:09
the ext should be .php then the php code will get interpreted — Masivuye Cokile, Mar 15 '17 at 16:09
.php extension you are telling the web server, that it should use a php interpreter to process the file before it will be delivered to the browser. — Masivuye Cokile, Mar 15 '17 at 16:11
Whether PHP can be executed in .html would be down to the apache configuration. whats your virtualhost setup look like? — AndFisher, Mar 15 '17 at 16:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 15 '17 at 15:59

1

try this:

echo "<script>alert('message successfully sent');</script>";

or

echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('message successfully sent');</script>";

Both works in my case.

answered Mar 15 '17 at 15:59

Bhaskar Jain

doesn' work for me – Dambo Mar 15 '17 at 16:11
Are you sure you are using a browser that has javascript in it or maybe you have javascript disabled – RiggsFolly Mar 15 '17 at 16:15
@RiggsFolly he's file is saved as .html, check the comments above – Masivuye Cokile Mar 15 '17 at 16:16
@MasivuyeCokile That will teach me to not read all the comments before getting involved. ;) – RiggsFolly Mar 15 '17 at 16:18
lol @RiggsFolly true that.. The Op's problem is fixed, I don't have enough to mark the question as dupe so it can be closed, I have suggested a dupe above, could u close down the question, so we can know its sorted – Masivuye Cokile Mar 15 '17 at 16:23
@MasivuyeCokile Barmer beat me to it – RiggsFolly Mar 15 '17 at 16:25

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