LoadModule php4_module "error" when I restart apache server.

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I printed an article about turning your pc into an Apache Web Server. I downloaded PHP4.3.1, mysql 3.23 and apache_2.0.44-win32. Everything was going smoothly until I entered this set of codes into the "httpd.conf" file which the article said to do in order to get them to run together.

LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll

AddModule mod_php4.c

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

When I try to restart Apache I get this error

If I take the code off I can restart Apache without a problem but when I run a test php file, I see the code and not the intended output. Any and all suggestions are welcome, I am fairly new to PHP and that is why I want to set up my machine.

jerdo

Change this:
LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll

To this:
LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache2.dll

Since you are using Apache 2, you must use the dll for it.

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Thanks for the help, I put the code in as you mentioned and now I get this error.

Invalid command 'AddModule'.........Suggestions?

jerdo

Since you are using Windows get rid of the AddModule line. By the way, I like your site whoever does your graphics is talented, especially that wall paper (of course I can't give the graphic artist all the credit as that wallpaper has nice model) 🙂

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Hey Jerdo, thank you very much. I was able to restart apache without a problem by taking out the AddModule code.

Thank you for the comments on the site I do all the work on it, graphics, coding, etc. etc. But as you can see I have guests registered on the site and I am in desperate need of upgrading it to PHP so that I can build a database with username and passwords and a login area to protect some pages. Right now I'm doing everything the hard way, adding new users myself, if they want to change something they send me the email with their changes and I change their info and if they forgot their password they send me an email. The sign up form is just that "a form" so when a new guests signgs up there is no way to check if the username he is choosing is already taken and the same for the password. These are things that I need to improve.

This is why I want to learn php to make my life easier, the site may look good but it lacks all the cool stuff on other sites done in php or asp. If anybody could give me a hand on building a login-out script to incorporate on the site, I would really appreciate it.

jerdo

I would be happy to help out in any way I can. Just private message me.

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Just one more quick question.

If I have other php files in other directories say for example on my c: under websites, how can I view these files with PHP? I would like to view them as they look once they are online and not the code. Do I have to place these files under a certain folder?

A folder like public_html? Or where do I designate the paths to my php files?

jerdo

Just put them somewhere in your htdocs directory and you can view them.

xnor82

i did what you said but my apache did not start. it said "the specified module could not be found"

what can i do...

jerdo

Get the zip installation, you might have to redownload considering the error you reported in another thread.