Newbie question...

funnyguyMI

Hey all.

I just installed Apache, MySQL and PHP on WinXP. I was getting an error on a call to mysql_connect, so I enabled the php_mysql.dll in php.ini. Now, when I load any php file in FireFox, it gets into some sort of loop or something and creates a ton of empty tabs in my browser window. Seems like this must be something pretty easy, but I'm clueless... Any ideas?

-Mike

TroX

Maybe it helps when you post the php code and the error that appears.

thanks

so long
~TroX

bradgrafelman

funnyguyMI wrote:
...when I load any php file in FireFox...

So, for example, if you create a test.php file in your web root that contains this:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

and type in http://localhost/test.php into your browser, new tabs are still created?

Is this server accessible by the outside world? If so, can you provide us with a link?

funnyguyMI

bradgrafelman: Yeah, that's right. That's the php code I tried, and it just goes into an infinite loop of creating new, blank tabs in FireFox. When I try to run the php file in IE, it just displays the code in the file.

No, I don't have my server set up to be accessible from the outside world yet.

funnyguyMI

Well, after some playing around last night, I think I found what the problem was. When I tried opening the php file from it's location, it would go into the infinite loop of tabs. But, if I load it using localhost in the address bar of my browser, it opens ok.

I thought I had been opening them from the address bar the other day, but I could be mistaken. I had been up kind of late... :rolleyes:

bradgrafelman

You mean you were trying to load the file itself, instead of an actual http:// web address?

Either way, don't forget to mark this thread resolved if it is (not sure if you're saying you've found the problem or not...).

funnyguyMI

Yeah, the problem appears to be that I wasn't directing the browser to the php file via localhost. I think what I did was double click on an html file, which loaded in Firefox, but not via localhost, just from the file location (htdocs). Then, I changed the name of the file that I was trying to load to the php file, and it started the issue with creating the tabs.

If you use Firefox, I think you can duplicate the issue pretty easily, if you're interested...