Strange Problem...

beetee2

Hello everyone. I just got my PHP5 / Apache2 / MySQL / phpMyAdmin all set up, and the phpInfo() is working great on http://localhost/, and even in subdirectories that I create in my Apache2/htdocs folder. However, I can't get any OTHER php files to work, like say this header include:

<?php include("header.php"); ?>

that is on an .html page.

Or this hello.php test page either:

<html>
<head>
<title>Hello in PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello in PHP</h1>

<?
print "Hello, world!";
phpInfo();
?>

</body>
</html>

I've googled, and read several FAQ's but can't find anything in regards to the phpinfo() working and other php files not working... Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

**New update... I just uploaded hello.php to my mom's web space which is configured to run php, and phpinfo.php as well as hello.php worked, however the php include of a header in an html file didn't! Now I'm really stumped... =(

halojoy

<?php
error_reporting(2047); // Debug

include("hello.php"); 

?>

turns on full error_reporting = debugg

Or this hello.php

<html>
<head>
<title>Hello in PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello in PHP</h1>

<?php
print "Hello, world!";
phpinfo();
?>
</body>
</html>

Please avoid shorttags <? ... ?> This is bad coding!
use the full <?php echo 'hello'; ?>

Because sooner or later, you WILL get your troubles, when using shorttags.

🙂

beetee2

halojoy wrote:
<?php
error_reporting(2047); // Debug

include("hello.php"); 

?>
turns on full error_reporting = debugg

Or this hello.php
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello in PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello in PHP</h1>

<?php
print "Hello, world!";
phpinfo();
?>
</body>
</html>
Please avoid shorttags <? ... ?> This is bad coding!
use the full <?php echo 'hello'; ?>

Because sooner or later, you WILL get your troubles, when using shorttags.

🙂

Thanks for your quick input, and the coding tip... I used the hello you displayed there, and that didn't fix the problem, naturally... It's not a coding error that it's picking up, since it works on the live host (at least for hello.php), however it may be a coding error for the php include?

halojoy

if you run
that 'hello.php' directly, I have in my post

will it work?

if it does, then is an include problem.

What does phpinfo() tell about setting: include_path ?

But if you use debug setting, (2047)
there surely would be a WARNING or NOTICE
if include did not work ....

beetee2

halojoy wrote:
if you run
that 'hello.php' directly, I have in my post

will it work?

if it does, then is an include problem.

What does phpinfo() tell about setting: include_path ?

But if you use debug setting, (2047)
there surely would be a WARNING or NOTICE
if include did not work ....

No, when I run your hello.php on localhost, it will not work.

phpinfo() tells me the following about include_path:

.;C:\php5\pear

Debug Build says "no" on the very top of the page when I run phpinfo(), however earlier when I got an error I saw something about debug build 2039? Any ideas?

halojoy

then it is NOT an include problem.

But if phpinfp.php can run
then all other php-pages should run.

Can you run plain HTML ?

I suspect there is something wrong in httpd.conf ( apache configure file )

beetee2

halojoy wrote:
then it is NOT an include problem.

But if phpinfp.php can run
then all other php-pages should run.

Can you run plain HTML ?

I suspect there is something wrong in httpd.conf ( apache configure file )

Hrmm... Yes I can run a plain html / css page fine. I'll browse around the .conf file and see if there is anything glaringly obvious.

beetee2

Well I plugged around in httpd.conf and made a few changes, however it didn't seem to affect things in any way, positively or negatively... Here's what I

changed:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks

added:

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/server/php/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"

to the very bottom

So I'm pretty much at a loss as to where to turn now. Guess I'll keep googling.

This is really discouraging for me that I can't get AMP up and running, I worked on the installs for ~2 hours last night alone, then tried to get everything running for ~2-3 more. It doesn't seem like it should be this difficult to get my own webserver w/ php up and running 🙁

bradgrafelman

What exactly is your problem? Reading this:

<?php include("header.php"); ?>

that is on an .html page.

I can tell you that PHP is not parsed .html files, only .php files.

Other than that, was exactly is happening?

yahyac

Just want to confirm something on that hello.php page that you made.

Where specifically did you save it?

yahyac

And what type of program is set to open up your php files?