Probelm using PHP

NoviceUser

Hi Friends,

I am very new to the PHP and trying to write my first program. I got some help from the internet but I am still not able to run my first program.

I am running Windows XP and downloaded the following

PHP: http://www.php.net/downloads.php
Apache Server: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

My Program is very simple:

TEST.HTML
<form action="action.php" method="post">
<p>Your name: <input type="text" name="name" /></p>
<p>Your age: <input type="text" name="age" /></p>
<p><input type="submit" /></p>
</form>

ACTION.PHP
Hi <?php echo htmlspecialchars($POST['name']); ?>.
You are <?php echo (int)$POST['age']; ?> years old.

When I try to run the HTML file, system ask me to Save / Open Action.php file. When I select Open it doesn't do anything.

I hope you guys know what i am talking about, I would appreciate any help.

Thanks.

Piranha

You have probably not configured the PHP extension in Apache. Look at this page to see how to get apache and php to work together.

NoviceUser

Hi Piranha,

Thanks for your reply. I checked everything mentioned. I re-install everything PHP and Apache, did all the settings, but still I am unable to run my first Program.

Now if I run the following program http://localhost/info.php
<?php phpinfo();

I am getting the httpd.exe - Application Error. I could see the page with all the information but as soon as I click on OK, it opens up the microsoft problem window and close the page.

I am very much frsutated now. I would appreciate if you or anyone could help me resolving this issues.

Thanks.

bradgrafelman

What do you mean "did all the settings" ? Tell us exactly what steps you took to install and integrate PHP.

NoviceUser

Here are the thing I did

Install Apache 2.2.4 Win32 using MSI file
Install PHP 5.2
Download php5apache2.dll and copy over to PHP folder
Add 4 lines of modules to httpd.conf (http://se.php.net/manual/sv/install.windows.apache2.php)
Made some changes to the PHP.ini (http://www.skiffie.com/code/server/php-configuration)

After all this I am still not able to run my very first program hello.html, the contents of the program is

I hope this helps you.
Thanks

Piranha

You can't use php5apache2.dll with apache 2.2.x. You need the php5apache2_2.dll. It says so in the comments in the page I linked in my previous post.

NoviceUser

Hi Piranha,

I tried both but still not working.

Thanks.

Piranha

The easiest option is to use xampp or any other package with php, apache and mysql. Then you don't need to configure everything.

If you don't want to do that you need to provide more information. What settings have you changed? Are you sure that the path is ok? What filename do you use? Does it work with html-files? Have you tried a simpler PHP program, just echo something?