.php pages prompt for download

bjmitts

Hi, I just installed PHP on my Apache Server...I'm using Win 2000. Whenever I try to view a page with a .php extension I get a pop-up window prompting me to download the file to my computer. And if I do that, the file opens up as the code in Notepad.

It's like the Apache server doesn't understand the .php extension well enough to simply execute it inside the browser??

Did I forget to add a line in the httpd.conf file? Please help.

Thank you,

Brian

rIkLuNd

I also got this error when I installed php with Apache on my local machine (for testing purposes!), but I'm not sure how I did to fix it...

I installed phpTriad instead! It includes Apache, MySQL, php, Perl and more!

http://www.phpgeek.com

haans

It's very easy, actually.

The problem lies in either one of these, as far my knowledge is concern. ( I just touch on php only 2 weeks ago! 🙂)

in your http.conf file
You must follow the instruction to add
LoadModule.....
AddModule....
AddType ....
Restarted your apache?

Regards.

corsc

Haans is right, actually it is the first option.

Basically put there is no assosiation between the .php (or other file extension) and the php script engine in the appache conf file.

The following is an except from the php manual (install section):
<<
14. Edit your httpd.conf or srm.conf file and check that these lines are
present and not commented out:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so

You might like to check these settings, restart apache and try again.

For more information the rest of the install file (as above) is available at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache.php

Hope this helps.

bjmitts

Hi guys...I've already done the httpd.conf changes...and re-started Apache and my machine.

Hmmm....I found this in the manual:

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/"

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

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

I suppose I'll double check my httpd.conf file to make sure I have these completed. The AddType part is done, I know that. But I'm not so sure about the ScriptAlias and Action application parts.

Any other ideas if that doesn't work?

Thanks.

Brian