Installation - RH8.0,apache2.0.43,php4.2.3,mysql3.23.53a

tl64

Hello, anybody got this installation working? My problem is PHP was not parsing. It returns text like:

<html>
<head>
<title>Example</title>
</head>
<body>

    <?php
    phpinfo();
    ?>

</body>

</html>

here's my configuration option:

Apache 2.0.4.3

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2 --enable-module=so

configure PHP 4.2.3 with apache2

support:

./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --enable-track-vars

I tried this in the httpd.conf:
LoadModule php4_module /usr/local/apache2/libexec/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

and it did not work. According to the apache2 manual, I should use this option:
<Files *.php>
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>

but it did not work either...

What Am I missing? Please help.

Thanks a lot...

inode

Hi !

Have you set your

"DirectoryIndex" in httpd.conf

to include the file name of your index.php or default.php ?

RGDS

dalecosp

Originally posted by tl64

What Am I missing? Please help.

Thanks a lot...

In apache 1.3x, you also need

AddModule mod_php4.c

in the AddModule section just below
the LoadModule section of httpd.conf...

If that hasn't changed between versions,
you might need it....

HTH,

dalecosp

PS. the URL you're testing is *.php, right?

tl64

I got it working finally. My problem was I got duplicate httpd.conf file. I think because of different versions I had installed before. So, I used the one in /usr/local/apache2/conf and removed the other, then it worked great. One more thing though, for Apache 2.0.43, use this:
/usr/local/apache2/libexec/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

even if the apache2 manual told you to use:
<Files *.php>
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>

Cheers...

dalecosp

Originally posted by tl64
I got it working finally. My problem was I got duplicate httpd.conf file.

Yep. That'll happen...there are two 'traditional' layouts for apache that seem to vie for attention when installing from source vs. installing from a package, port, or Linux RPM.

One more thing though, for Apache 2.0.43, use this:
/usr/local/apache2/libexec/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Those paths may vary as well, but that's where they are on your box, so it's cool. As you noted above, the file layouts below /usr
can vary between installations.

One more thing, you can add ".html" to that AddType line
and the http daemon will parse all pages with that extention through PHP as well. An advantage in security (though it's sec-by-ob) is that all your pages show up as .html (if they're named that way) to confuse would-be URL poisoners. A disadvantage is that if you're heavily trafficked or running on a dinosaur it eats up cpu cycles/RAM.

Cheers...

Many happy returns!!

Dalecosp