How to create php files in /var/www folder?

Question

I am new to Ubuntu(Linux) and I am trying to create a php file in /var/www, file name hello.php. I am typing vi hello.php and then I write my code <?php......?>, however, when I am trying to save the file by :wq, I get an error and no file by the name of Hello.php is created..

Answer 1

Open /var/www/

cd /var/www/

Create the file

sudo touch hello.php

Open the file

sudo vi hello.php

Enter write mode (we were in command mode initially) by pressing a (note that vi is case sensitive)

After that, press Esc (to change to command mode) and type :wq. Check if everything is fine with cat hello.php.

However, it's probably a better idea to use editors such as vim or nano as work with them is a lot simpler than that.

Answer 2

Go to the folder

root$: cd /var/www/html

create file sudo touch hello.php

check your file in the list by typing "ls"

root$:/var/www/html$ ls

edit the file and save

root:/var/www/html$ sudo nano hello.php

Answer 3

1. Install a more user-friendly text editor with many additional features.

   sudo apt-get install vim  
   

   vim is run from the terminal.

2. If you have installed Apache HTML Server (apache2), the right location to place your local website is /var/www/html/. That's where to keep your php files so that you can access them from your web browser. For more information see: Where to place my local website starting with the 2.4.7 version of apache2?.