If out want to make sure that you have PHP up and running correctly on your web server, just follow these steps.

Insert the following code into a new web document in your root web directory (/srv/www/ or /home/username/public) and name it info.php. Navigate your your site, and type in sitename.com/info.php. This will let you know if PHP is installed and working properly.

To do this on Open Suse 10.3, type…
cd /srv/www/htdocs/
vi info.php

Type “i” to begin editing the file.
Copy and paste the following into the document…

<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Info</title>
</head>

<body>

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

</body>
</html>

Now type in http://www.yourwebsite.com/info.php to see the PHP info document. If it shows up, it proves that your server is running PHP correctly.