Server configuration?

[attana]

New to coding and programming, but not to server configurations.

Just installed Apache2 and PHP 4.3.x according to the install.txt and various posts found on forums here.

Unzipped PHP .zip file to a temporary directory, copied all files to a subfolder of the Apache server directory. Reconfigured httpd.conf file to point to the appropriate Apache folders and added:

-LoadModule php4_module "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\php\php4apache2.dll"
-ScriptAlias /php/ "c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\php"
-AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Copied the php4apache2.dll and php4ts.dll files to %SYSTEMROOT%/System32, %ApacheSystem%\Apache2\php, %ApacheSystem%\Apache2\php\SAPI, and %ApacheSystem%\Apache2\bin folders.

The server relents in its refusal to parse PHP files. Internet Explorer will simply not open the file, though it loads the process, and attempting to preview the files in DreamWeaver/etc. gives a generic server configuration error relating to it not being configured for PHP parsing.

I'm unable to even parse a phpinfo() command.

Any assistance would be ~extremely~ appreciated. Hope I gave enough details.

Thanks!

[jpmoriarty]

firstly, dont even consider trying to get it to work in dreamweaver until everything is working fine in IE - just use notepad and the phpinfo(); as you say to get that bit going.

Secondly, it's been a while since i've done it so short of suggesting you go back to the manuals and stop wasting your time getting dreamweaver to work, i cant suggest much. You may want to check that any changes that needed to be made to php.ini have been made. also, i dont think there are supposed to be minus signs at teh start of those httpd.conf lines, so if they're actually in your file (and not just on here for formatting) then get rid of them. also, i dont have quote marks around my path for the php dll file - you may wanna try getting rid of them too.

good luck!

[alsehendo]

I'm also a newwbe and just got it working.

do
php -m
from a command window and see what modules are loaded.

I but both dlls in the c:php\sapi directory.

I put php.ini in the same directory as php.exe

I added c:/php to path

I added your first and second line to http.conf

Download komoda demo from activestate it is a great PHP editor as well as perl and python. Awsome debuger, can view output without a web browser, singlstep, and vew vars.

e-mail me if you want me to send you my
http,con and php,ini

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