Why is my localhost displaying my php script?

Question

I've been learning PHP (on windows) for a week, making simple code that were showed normaly on the browser (with echo) with my local server using php -S localhost:8080. Since adding composer, my browser is just displaying my php code instead of the application.

I've checked this question that had the similar problem to mine but the problem still remains.

Note: I'm not using xamp.

Edit: my locahost looks like this

Could you share some code and screenshot of what you are seeing? — Coola, Feb 20 '20 at 01:10
Why not use xampp? It will configure your host and everything properly so you don't have to worry about the configuration. — Coola, Feb 20 '20 at 01:42
I've been able to code without xamp by using the command ' php -S localhost:8080', I was not using it (xamp) because it was simpler for me by doing that. — PedroSG, Feb 20 '20 at 02:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '20 at 05:03

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You might have saved the file name as filename.html instead of .php? How do you save it?

answered Feb 20 '20 at 05:03

AbramYu

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Everything is .php – PedroSG Feb 20 '20 at 23:56

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '20 at 23:58

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I misunderstood an answer in this question. I was using short tag <? in the begining of the file but the exact way is to use like <?php .

Now, everything is working fine!

answered Feb 20 '20 at 23:58

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Why is my localhost displaying my php script?

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