Problems with php, can you help me?

Question

ok now ive never actually made a php file myself but i copied one from the internet and tryed saving it. okay i should probably tell you i tryed to install apache server but it said that it could not install, i used something called xaamp. because if you need apache to save files as php this whole question would have been a waste. ok back to the problem, i try to save a file as php and it comes up as pmw, which seems to be a text thing. if you could help me with this and maybe the apache problem it would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

put quotes in front and in back like this save it as this "example.php"

Answer 2

Don't foget the <?php   and   ?> between the php code

Answer 3

On their forums, they got people who can surely help.

http://www.phpfreaks.com/