Re: PHP files etension and XP2 cannot be read ?

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/15/05 

Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:44:09 -0600

Thanks, Tim. :o) 

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message 
news:hrkfu09h61npssoln0jrkcvmdqerb1gruj@4ax.com...
> serge calderara <sergecalderara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>I have received by email a ZIP fil including some PHP extesnion file
>>I save the attachement on my PC within outlook epress.
>>Then at the time I try to unzip php file to my disk , XP tells me that 
>>those
>>file might corrupt my PC and do not allows me to unzip the files.
>
> PHP is a server-side processing system for web servers. In other
> words, a PHP file contains both HTML and instructions for a web server
> to run. The product is an HTML file that's sent out to a browser. It's
> much the same idea as asp, but PHP is open source and cross-platform.
>
> IMHO, XP is over-reacting by not allowing you to unzip those files.
> Unless you've got a web server and PHP processor installed on your
> machine (not impossible, but unlikely) you're not going to execute
> anything.
>
> You could check Winzip (http://www.winzip.com) to unzip those files.
>
> -- 
> Tim Slattery
> MS MVP(DTS)
> Slattery_T@bls.gov

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