Can't see php page

iongruea

Hi
I've just finished installing Apache, Php and Mysql on a Win98 sistem and i have an unexpected problem.
When i try to see a test page located in apache/htdocs directory i get "The page cannot be displayed" message.
My problem seems strange becouse Mysql is up, Apache displays a running message "Apache 1.3.26 /Php 4.2.3 running " and i've also seen phpmyadmin index.php page located in same apache/htdocs directory.
The test page seems to me to be ok so i can't figure where is the problem .
This is my test.php page:

</html>

Please help me i've been up all night trying to solve this stupid problem.
Thank you verymuch for your time and support

Nothsa

Have you placed test.php in your apache/htdocs directory, and are you trying to access the file through http://localhost/test.php ??

If so, what's the exact error that you're getting? Is there an error code?

iongruea

If so, what's the exact error that you're getting? Is there an error code?

Yes i've placed test.php in apache/htdocs and i'm trying to acces it through http://localhost/test.php .
I receive the folowing error message : "The page cannot be displayed" and i guess this is the error code "HTTP 500 - Internal server error Internet Explorer "

I really apreciate your help.

Nothsa

ok, try this...

First, go to any page (like www.google.com) and clear your browser's cache (don't worry about deleting cookies, just the files), then close your browser and start it again. Once that's done, make a file with just this in it:

<HTML>
<BODY>
Hello World
</BODY>
</HTML>

Then make a file with:

<HTML>
<BODY>
<?php echo phpinfo(); ?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Then make a file with:

<HTML>
<BODY>
<?php  echo "Hello World"; ?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Try all of those, as well as trying your test.php file again, and tell me which (if any) work.

Just to clarify: You said that PHPMyAdmin DOES work?

iongruea

Yes PHPMyAdmin does work . I placed it in apache/htdocs/phpmyadmin

I tryed what you suggested and here is the result:

For the first example:
I saved that code in a file named test_1.php and when i tried to acces it by http://localhost/test_1.php i got the same error message "The page cannot be displayed" error code "HTTP 500 - Internal server error Internet Explorer "

For the second example:
I saved that code in a file named test_2.php and it worked it displays a page showing the values of different php variables.

For the third example:
I saved that code in a file named test_3.php and when i tried to acces it I got the same results as the first example

For my test page:
Same result as before

Nothsa

This is truely strange. It renders SOME php, like the phpinfo() page, but not ALL php, and it doesn't display the simplest of HTML files which has no php in it.

I'm afraid to say I'm stumped =/

I'd have to look through your configuration to see what's wrong.

iongruea

Sorry I think i made a mistake earlier when I said that the first example displayed an error message .That piece of code did it's job and displayed "Hello world!" .

Ok tell me what files would help and i'll try to send them to you.

Again many thanks for your help.

iongruea

Hi
I finaly found the problem . A friend suggested to type in MS-Dos promp telnet localhost 80 and write GET /test.php HTTP/1.0
this command generated some messages including this one
"X-Powered-By: PHP/4.1.1 "

My question was where was "PHP/4.1.1 " coming from since I've installed PHP/4.2.3. Then i remember that when i was trying to make Apache and Php work i used, at first, an installer called "PHPTriad" but i didn't like it and i erased it with the PHP and Apache files it had installed.
Then I installed Apache and PHP but I forgot to copy the php4ts.dll in Windows\System.

Now I copyed that file php4ts.dll in Windows\System over the php4ts.dll that "PHPTriad" installed (but it didn't unistalled) and all my problems where solved.

I guess that becouse the file php4ts.dll existed Apache did't generate any error messages (it even displayed a message "Apache 1.3.26 / PHP 4.2.3 running"), but becouse it was a different version (PHP/4.1.1) it wasn't woking properly.

Thank you for your help.