I can't open my email photo attachments.
What do I need to open an attachment with a "php" extension?

Hello 27east

A php extension is an extension usually used for a webpage rather than
a image file and PHP files are usually used to create dynamic
websites.  It is analogous to .html or .htm.  If you open this file in
your text editing software (eg Notepad or Word) you should see what
looks like web page code (I would recommend *against* opening this
file in your web browser).

You can find the definition of PHP here:
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=define%3Aphp

The WhatIs.com website defines a PHP file as:
"HTML page that includes a PHP script"
http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileFormatP/0,289957,sid9,00.html
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid39_gci334246,00.html

If you know the sender of the email containing the image I would
recommend contacting them and asking them to resend the image as a
.jpg or .png file.  It may be that the sender is trying to direct you
to a page on the internet that contains the image, in which case the
URL would look like http://theserver.com/theimage.php, if this is the
case ask them to send the URL written in the text of an email instead
of as an attachment.  You can then visit the page at your leisure in
your web browser.

If you have any further quesions regarding this topic please ask for
clarification and I will do my best to help.

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Request for Answer Clarification by 27east-ga on 02 Jul 2004 09:42 PDT

Does this mean that the saved attachments cannot be opened in their presnt
form? That is; with the PHP extension?

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Clarification of Answer by palitoy-ga on 02 Jul 2004 11:44 PDT

The php attachment can be opened in its current form but I would only
recommend opening it in a text editor.  Malicious PHP files can, under
the correct conditions, be dangerous to open rather like a malicious
.vbs file. The .php file you have been sent cannot be opened in a
picture editor.

Can you try opening the file in Notepad or Word?  What does it show you?

Thankyou palitoy-ga. Iam a novice regarding extensions and website
urls.Your answer to my question helped a great deal.