[RESOLVED] Index.html to index.php

G-fer

Hi all ...

I've been trolling the forums to see if I could find a problem similar to mine, but no luck. Here's how it works ...

I have a perfectly good web page called index.html and I would like to add a little php in there. The rest of the site is mainly php. The obvious thing to do was simply change index.html to index.php, right?

Uh uh ... wrong ... dreaded internal server error.

Next trick, scour the web and find a fix. Apparently i need to add as below to the .htaccess file that sits in the same directory as my web pages.

For web servers using PHP as apache module:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm
For web servers running PHP as CGI:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

OK, let's give it a go .... one at a time eh.

Terrific ... now I'm being asked if I would like to download a file when I try to access the site.

What in the world is going on here?

Oh yes ... webhost tells me apache 2.2.14 and php 5.2.11.

Thanx in advance, I'll try not to cut my wrists meanwhile :queasy:

G-fer.

halojoy

Sounds to me like that PHP is not activated at the server.
But they tell you it is PHP 5.2.11. Strange .....

You can read one discussion here. Is the same issue:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/4693.htm

To test PHP you can put following into one page and call it 'phpinfo.php'
Then you browse that page.
If php is active you will get info a lot of info.

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

G-fer

Thanks Halojoy ...

If I put that code in an index.php file and put it in the correct directory, I get a "500 internal server" error. Wierd ....

G-fer

oops ...

just read //www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/603.htm

not lookin' good here ....

G-fer

bradgrafelman

There are a variety of reasons why this might happen, and there are a variety of matching solutions.

Rather than guessing as to how you should go about getting even the simplest of PHP scripts to work, you should contact your host and see what they recommend (since it is their server, after all). Show them that you tried the simple phpinfo() script and even that failed (so that they don't think it's just a coding error on your part).

misheck

I had a similar problem even though I had php installed on my server its still attempted to download the file. The reason was the path I was typing in the address bar was C://path/to/my/file.php instead of http://127.0.0.1/path/to/php. Remember your computer is set to open php files using notepad or any other program you have selected but for the html it still opens them using I.E or whatever browser you choose.

I hope you are experiencing the same problem I had.