Problem with Apache Server and PHP4

XyberCom

Hope I can find some help here. Trying to learn how to use PHP on Win XP Pro SP1 and am having one heck of a time trying to get it to work right. I've downloaded and installed: Apache 1.3, PHP 4 and MySQL.

I've followed all of the install steps and everything seems ok. Apache loads ok, no errors and get to the "If you can see this, it means that the installation of the Apache web server software on this system was successful. You may now add content to this directory and replace this page." etc. So it looks like Apache is ok.

I edited the httpd.conf file as instructed in the install.txt from the PHP install files, to load PHP as a module in Apache so that it would handle the php code appropriately.

I then followed the next step to create a test php file ("hello world") and tried to access it via IE and got a blank page. I checked the source code and all looks correct. According to the help file, it says that my httpd.conf for Apache is incorrect. I went back through the Apache setup for PHP and followed everything exactly as documented and still no luck.

Just to be extra certain that the php file was built right, I went to a command prompt and ran "php.exe helloworld.php" to see if it would parse out the expected results and it did.

ARGH!!!

Am I missing something simple or are the docs wrong somehow? I am determined to get PHP running properly, just need some help.

Thanks!

Mg2

😃 did u see my thread?

XyberCom

Hi Mg2,

Yes, I read through your thread but could not find where the problems you were having applied to my situation. Of course, I could have missed something... I'll go back and read through it.

My biggest issue is that I cannot get the php file to parse out from IE and deliver the classic "hello world" on an HTML page at all... 😕

Mg2

nah i was just saying it's a pain in the ... to install🙁

XyberCom

Ahh... 😃
Makes sense, I can appreciate that... hopefully we will see a response that will help us both out... 🆒

tsinka

Please post your httpd.conf, that makes it easier to help 🙂

Besides that make sure that you downloaded and used the zip package, not the msi installer package.

Thomas

XyberCom

Woah! First of all, thanks for the offer to help, I've attached my httpd.conf file to this post for review.

As it happens, I did use the MSI installer instead of the zip file. Are you saying that this was a mistake? 😕 If so, should I uninstall current Apache server, d/l zip file and start over? Please advise, thanks! 😉

tsinka

Hi,

there is no attachment. You might need to send the httpd.conf as httpd.txt. phpbuilder doesn't allow .conf files to be sent.

You don't need to uninstall apache. But if you used themsi version of php you should better uninstall php and download the zip version of php. It is recommended to use the zip package of php with Apache.

Thomas

DougR

you might try this, it works well for me on win xp.

much easier to get php running on it than apache in my experience. very tiny and installs to only one folder (program files\badblue) so it's easy to remove later.

XyberCom

Been out of town on business, sorry for not getting the conf file posted properly. I've attached it as a txt file, let me know what you think.

Thanks!

XyberCom

Hi DougR,

I'll check into the suggested software and see how it goes, still want to get PHP working with Apache tho', I want to beat this thing one way or another... :p

XyberCom

Oh, btw, Apahce seems to be running fine and PHP works fine within a command prompt window, just stuck with Apache not handling the php page properly.... oh well... keep trying til one of us wins....😃

tsinka

Hi,

if you check the source of the empty pages you get, you'll see the php source code (I think).

I think the problem is that you put the AddType directives inside the <IfModule mod_mime.c> section but don't load the mod_mime module.

Add the following line to the LoadModule section and it should work after restarting apache.

LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so

I saw that you already have the AddModule mod_mime.c directive in httpd.conf but not the corresponding LoadModule directive.

Thomas

XyberCom

Hey tsinka,

You are correct, the launched page is blank and the source code does show the php code. I tried to do as you recommended, however, there is no mime mod in my install. However, there is a mod_mime_majic_so module in the config. I read up on this one a bit and got the impression that this should do the same as the regular mime mod, but who knows...

😕

Anyway, still not working... may try to remove and install fresh, both Apache and PHP, then see what happens....

tsinka

Ok,

which apache version do you use exactly ? You need mod_mime.so in order to use the AddType directives ... You might need to reinstall apache.

Thomas

XyberCom

Apache 1.3.13

I'll try to reinstall and see what happens.

XyberCom

Ugh, I reinstalled apache and it did not make any difference...

TowerOfPower

http://www.devside.net/web/server/win32

Use the above instructions.

XyberCom

Thanks, I'll read through it and let you know what happens.

🆒

XyberCom

Well.. read through the info at the link, no luck... the information is geared towards Apache 2.0, I have 1.3. However, everything is right on with the config files and instructions for Apache 1.3 and it still doesn't work right... could it be something in my setup for IE 6.0 and WinXP Pro that is keeping it from working? Oh, in case you're thinking it, I do not have IIS running on XP. 😉

Anyway, back to troubleshooting this problem... may try to unistall everything and start with current versions of Apache 2.0 and PHP 4.3.2, just to see what happens.

The reason I used Apache 1.3 to start with was due to something I read about Apache 1.3 being recommended to use with PHP 4.3.2 as Apache 2.0 was still rather new...

Any comment?