Does PHP 4.2.3 work with "older" php

mooler

Hi I´m new to this and have a question

I´ve installed apache 2.0.45 and PHP 4.2.3 and used phpdev to get it started and it checks ou ok when running through the testpages of phpdev
But when I test my site (php+flash) php doesn´t seem to work. Could it be that my php-files on my site is "old" php code and won´t work with php 4 or is php 4 compatible with "old" php.
I´ve tested the same site on my webhotel and there it works out fine.
Should I install "older" php versions as well?

laserlight

What do you mean by "older" PHP?

PHP/FI 2.0?
PHP3

or an earlier version of PHP4?

mooler

I´m not sure my self ( I am new )
But I figured that maybe the code in my php-files are written in som code that is adapted to PHP3 or something and won´t work with PHP 4.
Or might it be that I have to put my html pages in the PHP folder or Apache folder to get the PHP code to work.

As you can see I´m stubbling in the dark here.

The php code I use is some free code that I just modified.

Thx for responding so quickly!!!

laserlight

Well, I doubt it is PHP/FI, and if it is PHP3, there are some differences.

More likely the scripts are in a early version of PHP4, and so it assumes register_globals is set to on, or there is something in the way it is coded that doesnt make it robust enough.

mooler

But if it works on my webhotel it shouldn´t it be robust enough?

mooler

I noticed that registrer_global is set to off I´ll try to find out where I´ll change that ( guessing httpd.conf?). Hope that is it.
Thx again

mooler

Hmm tried that but it wasn´t it.
I´m lost it works on my webhotel but I can´t runém locally. Checked the code for external links but there was only local links so that couldn´t be it.

😕 😕 😕

laserlight

register_globals is in php.ini

mooler

Yes I figured that one out 🙂

But it still doesn´t work, been browsing forums to find out if someone have had similar problems but no luck so far.

Should all PHP related files work "globaly" on my computer or do I have to save those files in a special phpfolder in my apache dir?

laserlight

Well, generally I place my PHP scripts in htdocs when I want them to be executed.

mooler

Damn it won´t work 😕

Well I´m gonna try changing the path in wich I´m calling the code. No it´s just a local path maybe if I alter it to a http://localhost hopefully that will do it🙂

Thx for your help laserlight

laserlight

well, hope it all works out 🙂