Installed Apache & PHP4 on Win2k, no error messages but only blank browser page

sergeschonckert

Hi,

I tried to install Apache & PHP4 on my Win2k Professional yesterday. Here is what I did:
- installed Apache 1.3.27
- installed PHP 4.2.3
- configured Apache as sapi (not CGI) manually accordingly to instructions in install.txt: AddType, LoadModule etc...
- configured PHP.ini according to instructions

Here is what happens:
- Apache starts up nicely, no error messages.
- I try to prove that PHP works fine by putting the follwing file into htdocs (phpinfo.php):
<html>
<body>
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
</body>
</html>

When I open this file in my browser IE5.5, I can see (small execution delay) that something is processing. Yet, the browser shows only a completely empty page.
What can be wrong????

Thanx for help!!!

planetsim

Try restarting the Server. Maybe the problem if no error

sergeschonckert

I did all the stoping/starting, rebooting, log-off etc...: no effect at all: page remains blank and still no error messages in sight: Apache seems to run smoothly

sergeschonckert

Hi everybody,

I found the solution yesterday while browsing all the implied files again. The error goes to my dear friend Bill's account this time, due to 2 concurrent factors:
- Notpad ALWAYS generates an extension ".txt" even though you give it an extension already.
- Windows 2000 hides by default the file extension

==> when I created my test html I wrote the few lines in Notepad & saved it under the name "phpinfo.php", which Notepad saved under "phpinfo.php.txt" of course. Apache was never able to find the file; result: blank screen!
The extension was of course hidden by Windows-Explorer as it was a known extension ==> it showed the file as "phpinfo.php" ...

Too stupid 😃

It' working fine now!

Duey

omg duey claps good one there.