My trial project got stuck

[osward]

Hi,

I am a newbee in web server

I am running Windows XP pro with apache_2.0.43-win32-x86-no_ssl; mysql-3.23.53-win; php-4.2.3-Win32; ActivePerl-5.6.1.633-MSWin32-x86; php-4.2.3-Win32.

I have downloaded rimps-3-b1.zip; phplib-7.4-pre1.tar.gz; phpThemes0916.tar.gz

I have installed the above as document instructed (i.e. modified the appropriate php.ini; httpd.conf and config.inc etc) and created a data base with the table.mysql

When I first use my browser to login [url]http://[/url][mydomain]/rimps/ the browser return a blank page but I noticed that it still keeps on doing something.

I used the windows task manger and discover that my cup is working 100% and the process are:
iexplorer.exe - 70%; EXPLORER.EXE - 16%; Apache.exe - 7% and other non realated process

I let the page runs for around 5 minutes before I closed it.

When I use [url]http://[/url][my domain]/rimps/index.php?action=first_time and try to install rimp, it returns a blank page. It didn't return a page for me to config myself as the first user with admin rights.

I have no clue in what went wrong.

Would anyone knowledgeable point out what have I done wrong

Thanks

[daveyboy]

Did apache work on its own or did you just install everything at once? You may want to consider installing it one step at a time - getting apache working before you start fiddling with PHP.

[osward]

My apache, mysql, php4 works fine with me.

The only new added is rimps 3.0 and related required part, phplib and phpTheme.

It's weird because when I use the browser login the rimps directory in my docoment root, The page keeps doing something.

[osward]

I think I have started to solve the puzzle but in a stupid way.

I have to start my php.ini from the php.ini-recommended and modify it one by one and test with rimps after each modification. Though it sounds stupid but eventually I found out that
auto_prepend_file = "e:/php/php/prepend.php3"
is the trouble maker.

Though rimps 3.0 still not up and running as it supposed to be but I am a step closer.

This go back to my previous post asking for where to download libphp4. I still think the phplib is still not config correctly because I can't load

LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so
or
LoadModule php4_module c:/php4/sapi/php4apache.dll

in the httpd.conf. The first one doesn't exist because I don't know where to get it (or this is for *nix system)

The later one is in my php4 but got the following error message:
Cannot load c:/php4/sapi/php4apache.dll into server: The specific module could not be found

I am not sure what is the problem with this in my httpd.conf

I am still having problem with the phplib because rimps relies this for authentication. I found out that within the php4 directory there is a sub directory calls pear that has similiar php files maybe that is the problem.

I personally don't think alternate rimps code is a good idea with my ability. Is that a way to work around of this?

Osward

[daveyboy]

*.so is a nix library.
sorry, i don't know much bout apache on windoze, and i've never used phplib or rimps.