phpinfo() is working and echo is not - Why would this be?

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Obviously I was looking to do something else but as it wasnt working, I have stepped back to a very fundamental test:

<?php
    phpinfo();
?>

<?php
    echo "Test";
?>

Can anybody give me any ideas as to why the first script works, and the second doesnt. Nothing else in the file, just one or the other! A .php extension.

Not sure why I am having to iterate over this - thanks alot phaberest! The resolution in the suggested duplication talked about having a php file extension - well this has a php file extension. On the other points that @rene pot, put forward - phpinfo() is outputting, so yes there is php installed on the server. I am not using localhost but servername.co.uk/phpinfo.php

that should be working properly, what output do u get with phpinfo() ? — Aamir, Feb 26 '16 at 11:03
it working fine . run file and find 'Test' . it's page end display . check — Vadivel S, Feb 26 '16 at 11:06
Have you tried following http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7639271/simple-php-echo-code-not-working instructions? — phaberest, Feb 26 '16 at 11:08
have you tried, for example to call some function or something else? does it work? — nooby, Feb 26 '16 at 11:08
Similar problem: [phpinfo() works, but nothing else](http://forums.iis.net/t/1166931.aspx?phpinfo+works+but+nothing+else+) — bobble bubble, Feb 26 '16 at 11:12
Well started off wanting to get the apache version using $version = apache_get_version(); echo "$version\n"; this was either before or after the phpinfo(); statement - whitescreen - so lost the apache and just added the echo - but again whitescreen - dump phpinfo(); white screen - phpinfo() seems working in isolation only! — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 11:14
"Test" alone without php tags works fine! Apache error log? Dont have access to it! — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 11:18
phpinfo(); is working fine - the problem is that other php statements are not working. — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 11:23
@bobblebubble I did this already - it whitesceens if echo or other php command is in the script with phpinfo() — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 11:25
@AndrewSeabrook if you are using Chrome or Firefox you can press F12 and see the status code in the network tab. — Philipe, Feb 26 '16 at 11:29
Have you checked any error logs? Have you had a look at the *raw* return from the server (meaning View Source in the browser)? — deceze, Feb 26 '16 at 11:30
@Philipe Aha - 500 Internal Server Error so obviously something not right! — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 11:39
@deceze view source is blank - which error logs. I have no access to Apache. — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 11:39
A 500 error without access to error logs is quite unproductive... We could be poking into the dark all day with this... — deceze, Feb 26 '16 at 11:42
@Philipe Thanks for the tip about network return status - didnt know I had access to that. — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 11:50
@deceze Yes internal pollitics here - giving me a load of grief! Any other suggestions? — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 11:51
I agree with @deceze, without error logging this is going to be difficult. Can you try to create a file with different name and put the echo in it? Do you have a `.htaccess` file in the directory? — Philipe, Feb 26 '16 at 12:01
@Philipe new file test.php containing same whitescreen. There doesnt appear to be an .htaccess file there - but this is surprising as it is a wordpress root directory. Jumping through hoops though, as I dont have ftp access either - using a wp file manager plugin to access the directory and upload files etc. Beginning to think its time to get out the soap and wash my hands. — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 12:10
Are you trying to do the `` in the same `phpinfo.php` file? Or in a different file? If different, try doint the echo test in the same file with same filename. — nl-x, Feb 26 '16 at 12:29
This might be far out .. but what about CHMOD ? .. Do you have read permission (755) for the folder ? — DTH, Feb 26 '16 at 12:32
@nl-x yes Its has been the same file but tried in a test.php as well. — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 12:35
@DTH Well I am not able to see a chmod number, but a stylised permission statement in this filemanger toy tells me I have Read and Write permissions. — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 12:37
Probably plucking at straws but is there any bearing on the problem.I had assumed that the server was apache which I may have inadervertantly suggested when someone above asked about logs, but it is IIS - of which I have no prior knowledge at all? — Andrew Seabrook, Feb 26 '16 at 16:10
@dchayka sorry mate I have a feeling this is going to be one that escapes! I still dont have an answer. — Andrew Seabrook, Mar 19 '16 at 14:07
This is evidently a server configuration problem, likely due to permissions or security restrictions placed by the server host. Without access to the error logs, I believe there's nothing much anyone can do to help. If you list the hosting platform, OS, webserver versions and any related server environment-related info, perhaps we can better coordinate and focus the stabs in the dark towards a general direction. — light, Mar 24 '16 at 02:37

phpinfo() is working and echo is not - Why would this be?

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