[Resolved] apache or php problem?

jacksonpt

I took the plunge today and nuked the IIS/ASP/Access webserver setup I had been running for the past few years. I want to go with Apache/PHP/MySQL for a variety of reasons.

Anyways... I downloaded the installer files for Apache 2 and PHP4, and the .zip for MySQL. I installed Apache, then MySQL, then PHP on my W2k box. Following a webmonkey tutorial, I renamed/moved php.ini to my WINNT directory and php4ts.dll to my WINNT/SYSTEM32 directory. Then I added the following lines to the httpd.conf:

ScriptAlias /php4/ "C:/php4/"

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

Action application/x-httpd-php /php4/php.exe

I then restarted the Apache services, wrote a quick php test file, and called it from IE. I got a "The page could not be found." error.

Does this sound like a problem with the httpd.conf configuration, or something else? I know about the install packs from foxserv.net and the like, but I prefer to do things manually when possible - I feel like I understand more (and can troubleshoot better) when things aren't going right. But this one has me pretty well confused.

I read through a bunch of old posts and it sounds like everyone has a slightly different configuration of httpd.conf, but it's more than just different paths. Any help is appreciated.

LordShryku

Try using this in the httpd.conf instead

ScriptAlias /php/ "C:\php\"
Action application/x-httpd-php "C:\php\php.exe"
LoadModule php4_module C:\php\sapi\php4apache2.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

jacksonpt

Originally posted by LordShryku
Try using this in the httpd.conf instead

1) ScriptAlias /php/ "C:\php\"
2) Action application/x-httpd-php "C:\php\php.exe"
3) LoadModule php4_module C:\php\sapi\php4apache2.dll
4) AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
5) AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

OK, I understand lines 1, 2, 4 and 5... but I've never heard of anyone having to manually tell Apache to load the PHP module. Am I just looking at the wrong httpd.conf files, or is this rare?

jacksonpt

Great, thanks for the help. I got to work this morning and added the lines, changed the paths as appropriate, and now I'm up and running.