Title: PHP plugin general problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# PHP plugin general problem

 *  Resolved [jsoutest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsoutest/)
 * (@jsoutest)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-plugin-general-problem-1/)
 * Hi,
    I have a general problem using any of the following PHP plugins: EXEC PHP,
   PHP Exec, PHP Execution, WP Include File. All of them, instead of displaying 
   the correct content is showing the PHP code. It seems that the PHP code is not
   interpreted, for example when I use in the post the following PHP instruction“
   <?php echo “This is the Exec-PHP Hello World”; ?>” I get “<?php echo “This is
   the Exec-PHP Hello World”; ?>” as a text instead of “This is the Exec-PHP Hello
   World”. Any idea of what is going wrong?

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 *  [Darrell Schauss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrellonsite/)
 * (@darrellonsite)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-plugin-general-problem-1/#post-1498260)
 * I am using Exec-PHP. Did you disable the Visual Editor under Users > Profile?
   Also make sure under your profile that “Disable WYSIWYG Conversion Warning” is
   not checked. This way if you have Visual Editor on you will get a warning as 
   a reminder not to edit your pages with PHP. Even choosing the HTML tab will mess
   it up.
 * So after turning off the visual editor, edit your page. There will be no Visual/
   HTML option just plain text. Once finished with your PHP you can turn it back
   on but don’t forget next time you edit that page.
 *  Thread Starter [jsoutest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsoutest/)
 * (@jsoutest)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-plugin-general-problem-1/#post-1498292)
 * Thank you darrellonsite
    I did what you sy, now I am sure that the plugin is 
   interpreting the PHP code because I receive the following error:
 * Parse error: parse error, expecting `’, » or`’; » in C:\wamp\www\wordpress\wp-
   content\plugins\exec-php\includes\runtime.php(42) : eval()’d code on line 3
 * Do I have the right plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [jsoutest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsoutest/)
 * (@jsoutest)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-plugin-general-problem-1/#post-1498294)
 * Fine I found the parse error, I change the doublequote.
    Thank you very much 
   darrellonsite, EXEC PHP works fine now. I now can progress in my blog.
 *  Thread Starter [jsoutest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsoutest/)
 * (@jsoutest)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-plugin-general-problem-1/#post-1498333)
 * Additional information:
    If we use the FCKEditor then we should also deactivate
   this plugin otherwise we couldn’t back to no Visual Editor. Personally I am using
   this editor plugin because it offers the possibility to generate Forms. Is there
   any other similar type of plugin like FCKEditor for generation of forms in WP
   page or post?
 *  [Darrell Schauss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrellonsite/)
 * (@darrellonsite)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-plugin-general-problem-1/#post-1498353)
 * Contact Form 7 is pretty good. It has its own admin section. You apply forms 
   to pages using [shortcodes] It won’t modify your editor.
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/)
 *  Thread Starter [jsoutest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsoutest/)
 * (@jsoutest)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-plugin-general-problem-1/#post-1498363)
 * Thanks I will check it.
    I will let you know.
 *  Thread Starter [jsoutest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsoutest/)
 * (@jsoutest)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-plugin-general-problem-1/#post-1498371)
 * Hello darrellonsite,
    I just tested ContactForm7, as you say it is quite pretty
   and configurable. But when I submit the messsage I get an error message saying“
   Erreur lors de l’envoi du message. Veuillez réessayer plus tard, ou contacter
   l’administrateur d’une autre manière.” meaning : “Error when sending the message.
   Try to resend later or contact your administrator in another way”
 * I think my e-mail configuration is not yet in place (PHP or SMTP).
    I already
   tried to configure it using the WP-Mail-SMTP plugin without success, when I test
   it I get the following error message: “SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server:
   Unable to find the socket transport “ssl” – did you forget to enable it when 
   you configured PHP?” Do you have any idea of the reason?

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