Why are my php tags converted to html comments?

Question

A friend\'s lamp host seems to be misconfigured. I try to execute php, but it doesn\'t seem to be working.

In Chrome\'s inspect element:

Answer 1

I just solved this same problem. You need to open your file from your WAMP, and not from your hard drive directrory.

In your browser, put: localhost/...../yourfile.php

Otherwise, your browser will replace all with