Comments on: How do you download a .php file from its location using the browser address bar?

By: mcm1251595151

mcm1251595151 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:33:07 +0000

Use FTP

By: AHMED REAZ

AHMED REAZ — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:34:42 +0000

yes of course open opera browser and paste link ending with .php
you see the code just copy it in note pad and save it with extention.php

By: kaydell

kaydell — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:26:37 +0000

If the webmaster wants you to be able to download a .php file, he or she would have to change the extension from .php to something like .zip. Then you could download the file(s) and unpack it on your own computer.

For websites that have php files enabled to be run and not to be downloaded, there is not way for you to get to the php code because the php code is run as a script.

The webmaster would have to give you a way to get the .php code.

By: Tobekeru

Tobekeru — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:37:04 +0000

As Daniel B said, PHP is executed server-side.. So the only thing you can download is the output the code produces..

It would be pretty stupid that people could download it.

By: Underground

Underground — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:56:42 +0000

PHP is a server side scripting programming language. These file are put on the server where the website is hosted.

When you use php extension. PHP generates HTML code which we see in the browser. You can’t get the actual php without server permission and no any people are giving permission.

Eighter you hack the server to get the files.

By: Daniel B

Daniel B — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:28:38 +0000

No. PHP files contain code that is executed on the server. Only the output of these programs is returned to the browser, not the file itself.