.php 500 BUT .php4 script

[moyashi]

OK, I'm a newbie 2 :-(

I've dug through the archieves, here there and another where, but no luck.

It seems that the ISP isn't config'd properly ... or it's just me ;-) I want to add a php forum to my friend's site, he uses Interland.

I did the hello.php and phpinfo.php calls for a simple print and for config variables.

Strange is that .php gives a 500 and .php4 prints out the full script phpinfo(). The hello script prints out hello and just skips a simple browser check :: if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT,"MSIE")) and prints both statements that 1.) you're using MS and 2.) you're not using MS

The server tutorials say that php is OK, but I wonder if I can set php through .htaccess or php.ini
I'm slightly familar with ht but with the .ini

I've got:

/usr/local/bin/php

Ummm, yeah I know it's a bin but can this be utilized for my problems no, not for the other problems I've got my doc for that well actually was thinking of trying out ODfaq

Also, since I've got some people's attention

wa-'d'-R ...

mod_rewrite, mod_perl and mod_php ???

sorry not a programmer just a cut and paste type of guy

thanks in much advance

Sorry for the long post, I tried appending to OLD records but they never came up, is this a forum thing or should've I waited for the index rebuild.

Any help would be appreciated.

[moyashi]

EGADS, no edit function. sorry.

The server also uses suEXEC wrapper, but this wouldn't offend php would it? I know it plays with permissions and makes script installing a real pain.

Thanks folks

[keegan]

To be honest, I'm not really sure what you're talking about.

However, I do have one point that might get you started on the right track: if a .php file executes differently when it's renamed to .php4, it's possible that one is executed using the PHP CGI executable and the other is executed using the Apache PHP module. In fact, this type of setup is the default on Windows/Apache systems (I know because I've just configured my own computer for testing purposes).

I don't know if that helps, but it was the only thing that came to mind reading your post.

-Keegan