php code not processed - sent directly to browser

[amvaughan]

I know this going to be is a simple one but I've looked everywhere I can think and I'm totally stumped.

Whenever I browse to a php page, I get prompted to select which program the browser should use to open the file. IE also gives me a security warning about some files being unsafe. If I select notepad, the file comes through with the php tags still intact, as if they haven't been processed.

Using Mozilla Firebird, I get "you have chosen to open [filename] which is a: application/x-httpd-php". It's as if the browser doesn't know what to do with files of that type.

I'm running Apache 1.3.x on WinXP. I've installed PHP 4.3.0 as an Apache module. Apache seems fine about this and starts up OK without complaining.

The lines in my httpd.conf are:
LoadModule php4_module u:/php/php4apache.dll
AddModule mod_php4.c
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

I've checked that all the required dlls are in u:/php/ (php4apache.dll, php4ts.dll etc.).

All help would be gratefully appreciated ... and I'll write it down so I know for next time!

Thanks,

Andy

[LordShryku]

Add these two lines also, then restart Apache and try again

ScriptAlias /php/ "U:\php\"
Action application/x-httpd-php "U:\php\php.exe"

[amvaughan]

Thanks.

I've tried that but still no luck. I've also tried it with and without the original LoadModule line (to see if it made any difference just using the CGI exe version rather than using the SAPI module).

I'm wondering if it could be to do with my network rights?

Perhaps I'll just go for a fresh install of Apache and PHP using all the standard file paths (rather than using my U:\drive which is on the network) and see if I can get it to work at all.

Thanks,

Andy

[amvaughan]

Still no joy.

Started again from scratch and finally managed to get php installed as a cgi binary. Far from ideal, but it's only in my test environment so it's enough to be going on with.

Thanks,

Andy