Change of DocumentRoot

janejiang

Can I only change the DocumentRoot to somewhere else instead of "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs" and still get the php files work correctly?

Thanks

piersk

Yes of course you can.

Although, you could do something like the following:

Alias /phpfile "C:/phpfile" Note the direction of the slashes

<Directory "C:/phpfile">

// Put in here whatever directives you want

</Directory>

This will mean that whatever you put in the file c:\phpfile can be accessed by Apache by entering http://yourserver/phpfile

janejiang

I added the lines in httpd.conf but it didn't work. Why?
Do I have to change DocumentRoot also?

piersk

No, u shouldnt have to. What error did it come up with?

janejiang

What is displayed in the browser is the PHP code, not the page it should have generated. Help!

piersk

Are you running PHP as a CGI or as an apache module?

janejiang

I think it's apache module. What's the diff?

piersk

If you are running it as a module, it is more secure and you can make use of the .htaccess stuff.

Anyway, if the browser is just displaying the code, it sounds like its not running PHP properly.

You need to make sure that (if you are running it as a module) you have the following at the bottom of the LoadModule list (everything that follows, unless otherwise told, should be entered into your httpd.conf file):

LoadModule php4_module c:/php/php4apache.dll

(and of course make sure that the file php4apache.dll is in the c:\php directory)

Then add:

AddModule mod_php4.c

to the bottom of the AddModule list.

Next add the following two lines

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"

above the bit that says:

#

This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.

#
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs">

janejiang

Oh, Based on what you described I think I maybe using CGI. Sorry, I was not sure what method I used. So what should I do?

Thanks

piersk

Put the two lines that I mentioned before in the same place (the AddType and Action lines), and in the line above the Addtype one, add:

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/"

It should now look like this:

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml

Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"

janejiang

Ok, now I did it but still, only the code appear in the browser.

piersk

Did you restart Apache?

janejiang

Yes. I did but made no difference.

piersk

can you please email me: cs11pk_at_surrey.ac.uk with your httpd.conf file and ill see what I can do...

janejiang

My email account can't recognize your email address. please confirm it: cs11pk_at_surrey.ac.uk

Thanks

piersk

Exchange the at for the @ symbol

janejiang

ok, it's on the way. thanks.

piersk

Did it work?

janejiang

No. It did not. Apache couldn't even start up this time. It just appear and disappear.

piersk

Run the following:

"C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\Apache.exe" -w -t -f "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\conf\httpd.conf" -d "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\"

If there are any problems then this should tell you where they are...