The test page should open and display a time of day, as follows: 

The specified time is known as dynamic content because it changes every 

time you request the page. Click your browser's Refresh button to generate 

a new page with a different time. 

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Looking at the source code (View > Source in Internet Explorer) will 

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confirm that the page does not use any client side JavaScript to achieve 

this effect.

If the page doesn't work as expected, check for the following possible 

errors: 

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The file does not have a .php extension.

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You typed the page's file path (C:\Inetput\wwwroot\timetest.php) 

instead of its URL (for example, http://localhost/timetest.php) in the 

browser's Address text box. 

If you type a file path in the browser (as you might be used to doing 

with normal HTML pages), you bypass the web server and the 

application server. As a result, your page never gets processed by the 

server.

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The URL contains a typing mistake. Check for errors and make sure 

the filename is not followed by a slash, such as http://localhost/

timetest.php/.

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The page code contains a typing mistake.

After installing and testing the server software, create a root folder for your 

web application. 

Configuring your system (PHP) 307