PHP code displayed in browser

Question

so, I\'m working on a databases project, and i\'m trying to code incrementally. the problem is, when i go to test the php in browser, it displays the php code after my use of \

Answer 1

Your web server is not aware of PHP, which may not even be installed. Therefore, php code is just treated as normal text. Please update your post to tell what server you're using.

Answer 2

It sounds like PHP is not working at all. The only reason you are not seeing the first part, is because your browsers is parsing it as if it were an HTML tag.