Help plz

[mchugh]

okay yesterday in installed apache php and mysql on windows xp pro.ive not done any thign to the files there as they are every thing was working fine i go on it today and when i try to local host it dont work....can some oen help me plz??

[mchugh]

ummm do you have to run php if so how i dunno

[tsinka]

Hi,

there is a known issue with WAMP installations on Windows XP. Did you install the Service Pack 1 for Windows XP ? That should solve problems connecting to apache using localhost.

Does your apache start up without any errors ?

[TangLiSha]

I also had this probem when I first set up Apache. You can access your files using either your computer's ip address or 127.0.0.1 and the file extension.

[mchugh]

yeh im updates on service packs......... i dont think my php is running how i make it run if it needs to be??

[tsinka]

Hi,

what exactly happens ? Do you get a general "dns error", does only php not work ? Did you install apache as a service or do you start it in a console ?

It would also be interesting if you installed php as sapi module and all that stuff.

Many questions, I know 🙂

It might help if you tell us how you installed apache and php 🙂

[mchugh]

okay i installed the php installer straight of the site:
PHP 4.3.1 installer [1,028Kb] - 17 February 2003
(CGI only, MySQL support built-in, packaged as Windows installer to install and configure PHP, and automatically configure IIS, PWS and Xitami, with manual configuration for other servers. N.B. no external extensions included)

and i downloaded apache of the site the latest version i think when i go into programs it says appache http server then you click on control apaches server and its got 3 options : start, stop, restart

[tsinka]

Hi,

what error do you get ?

Some people reported problems when using the installer version of php (at least they STRONGLY recommended not to use the installer version). When they downloaded the zipped version and installed it all worked. The installer version contains only the CGI version but that one normally is slower than the sapi version.

Brief explanation how to do it (you would have to remove at least php prior to trying this):

uncompress the zip file to a directory (not containing any spaces) of your choice.

copy the php4ts.dll to the system32 directory and php.ini-dist to the windows directory and rename it to php.ini. Copy the contents of the dlls directory to the system32 directory.

In httpd.conf add the following line at the end of the LoadModule section (you might need to adjust the path):

LoadModule php4_module c:/lamp/php/sapi/php4apache2.dll (apache 2.x)

LoadModule php4_module c:/lamp/php/sapi/php4apache.dll (apache 1.3.x)

With apache 1.3.x you would also have to add
AddModule mod_php4.c

at the end of the AddModule section.

Then add the following line:

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

start apache and it should work.

Check these pages and the useful comments.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache.php

[FraXTC]

This might be st00pid, but did you tell the apache server where to find PHP .. I'm not 100% sure, but if my memory serves me right, you have to edit a conf file of apache and tell apache what directory PHP is located??

[mchugh]

umm no i didnt

[tsinka]

Hi,

the installer php package doesn't configure apache. You can find a description on how to do it on the two pages I posted in my last post.

[mchugh]

okay i tryed all that and still nothign i dunnoo what the hell i am doing..........all i want to do is setup a fourm on my pc and i cant upload it yet to do it that way.....ive got iis 5.1 installed if thaths and eaiser way can some one just tell me on a im program or something step by step for windows xp pro........my msn is [e-mail] and my icq is 178028302