Should PHP codes work offline?

[Gaby]

hi. a friend gave me the php code for last modified on a different page but it doesn't work offline. is this normal? it works on the web.

Gaby

[xataku_nakusute]

ummm...are you running a server from your computer and have php correctly installed?

[Nevermore]

Unless you're running a web server with PHP installed on your computer then no, it won't work offline. This is because the server parses the source code and replaces the PHP code with HTML to output to your browser. If you don't have a server running, nothing will replace the code.
If you want to be able to preview it offline, download and install easyphp. As it says, it does make installing a web server with php easy.