php file extension

Anon

Hi there,

I am a newbie to PhP coming from HP-UX development and a little bit confused.

I have installed StrongHold 3.0 Apache WebServer with PhP-module already linked into the server.
I am encountering the problem with my php code - basically if I name the php file with .php, WebBrowser will show the CONTENTS of the file, while if I name a file .php3 than the file will successfully execute.

Does it mean in order for me to be able to execute php code, I have to name with .php3 extension?

Thank you,
Leon

Anon

Yes and no. Your http.conf file has a line in it that looks like this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3

All you need to do to make other extensions get parsed by PHP is add them to the end of this line.

AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3 .php .phtml .html .whatever

Then restart your web server and all will be fine. However you're version of PHP is probably only 3.0.16 you'd better check that so you know what functionality you have and don't have.

daynah

Hi Leon, I'm not sure if this would help you, but I think you may have to edit the httpd.conf file.

Here's a snippet from one on my server:
#

AddType allows you to tweak mime.types without actually editing it, or to

make certain files to be certain types.

For example, the PHP 3.x module (not part of the Apache distribution - see

http://www.php.net) will typically use:

#
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3
AddType application/x-httpd-php3-source .phps
#

And for PHP 4.x, use:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

I think adding the .php extention on those lines will work, but I'm not entirely sure. Hope it does. 🙂

Daynah
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