[RESOLVED] error 403 on a new install when trying to access index.php

[dharlett]

I just installed Apache 2.2 and the PHP 5.2.3 installer on my WinXP Pro with SP2.

Apache installed fine.

I created an index.html file and it loaded fine in IE 6.0 and FireFox 2.0.0.5 when going to http://localhost.

However, when I created an index.php file with "<?phpinfo()?>" as the contents (minus the quotation marks), I received the "you are not authorized to view this page" in IE and "Forbidden You don't have permission to access /php/php-cgi.exe/index.php on this server." in Firefox

The Apache log file reads: "[Sat Jul 28 00:37:18 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: C:/php"

I'm new to all of this so I am now at a loss as to where to look to how to fix this issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dan

[laserlight]

My impulse is to tell you to uninstall PHP and use the zip archive, following the instructions for manual installation given by the PHP manual 🙂

Incidentally, test with:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Do not rely on short tags (it was probably disabled in the php.ini produced by the installer, anyway).

[dharlett]

Thanks,

I was hoping for just a simple line of text to edit.

Anyway, I re-installed and it seems to be working. Now on to my next challenge of installing mysql.

Thanks again.

Dan