[RESOLVED] Problem with starting PHP. HELP NEEDED!

mr02077

Hello, I'm Dusan from Serbia.
I've installed PHP, MySQL and Apache on my Windows XP. I've tried phpinfo() page in my browser and it works. And every page works when I open it from browser with http://localhost/thatpage.php, but when I try to open it from some HTML page that calls the php one it does't work. I just get a php code.
I got the advice that I should check if server opens it at all, not only Windows.
But I don't now what to do. Can anyone help?

Thanks for any help.
Dusan

scrupul0us

can we see your code please?

leatherback

Hi,

Sounds to me that you have a page, with extention .html, right?

Noirmally, .html is not treated to contain php code, and as such, php code will not be interpreted. In your webserver config you could add html as an extention for files that contain php. It is however easier (and mayhaps wiser) to just use .php for files with php code.

Houdini

scrupul0us said.

can we see your code please?

plus could you tell us what you named the code as leatherback stated

Noirmally, .html is not treated to contain php code, and as such, php code will not be interpreted. In your webserver config you could add html as an extention for files that contain php. It is however easier (and mayhaps wiser) to just use .php for files with php code.

so if it is named myphppage.html then it will merely treat it as just html content and also keep in mind that the PHP must be in the root directory of Apache (you know htdocs) or point to a subfolder within that directory and also accessed with http://localhost/yourFile.php or http://127.0.0.1/yourFile.php

bradgrafelman

Houdin wrote:
PHP must be in the root directory of Apache

Perhaps this is how you've configured your server, but that's definitely not a default requirement... in fact, I don't even think the PHP.net manual outlines how to even do that.

mr02077

Sorry, I wasn't here for a time.
I used codes from PHP & MySQL books, and copied both to Apache www folder.
The HTML one has a form that should call the php one when you click submit.
But the same thing happens with all examples I tried.
I used easy installers for MySQL, Apache and PHP in that order, spent much time on forums trying to solve the problem, but I still didn't.
I have a detailed instructions for installing all three of them in that book, and I tried so many options.
I added does extra four lines in httpd.conf in Apache:
LoadModule php5_module c:\php\php5apache.dll
AddModule mod_php5.c
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"
but still the problem exist.
I really can't solve it.

Houdini

Time for XAMPP. Just look at the last link in my signature and get XAMPP and then be done and there is no www folder in any Apache I have ever used the root directory for apache is htdocs.

mr02077

Solved. I was double-clicking it all the time instead of typing http://localhost in my browser