[RESOLVED] apache and php not working

maxelcat

Am attempting to install apache 2.2 and php 5

in the httpd file I have added

PHPIniDir "C:/php"
LoadModule php5_module "C:/php/php5apache2.dll"
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php

When I restart I get:

cannot load C:/php/php5apahce2.dd into the server. The specified module could not be found

I have create C:\php and inside this sits php5apache2.dll

I looked at the error logs and its says nothing about these files/errors

Am a bit stuck!

ANy help greatfully

if I do 127.0.0.1 I get a one line page saying "It works!"

thanks

maxelcat

I should have said that I have just got a new laptop running 7 ultimate. (So maybe there is something I haven't done from an os point of view - file permissions etc?)

Weedpacket

Is that ".dd" some sort of typo somewhere (in this post or in the config file)?

halojoy

Apache 2.2 uses php5apache2_2.dll
LoadModule php5_module "C:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"

maxelcat

thanks for quick replies - yes the dd is a typo in this post only
changed to php5apache2_2.dll and no errors!

Now I create the test2.php which has phpinfo(); in it and add it into the c:\Program Flies|Apache software foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs folder which is where index.html is
WHen I type 127.0.0.1/test2.php I get the code <?php phpinfo(); ?> displayed rather than all the info.

Any ideas please?

thanks

halojoy

That is strange.
Because this line AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
tells Apache to excute files with extension .php using PHP.

Try to do some browser refresh of that page.
I really can not figure out what is wrong now.

maxelcat

oh well, thanks for the reply. Think I might delete all files and start again!

halojoy

If you want to go the easy and good way
you could install the XAMPP package: PHP + Apache + MySQL
It will work almost instantly.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

Good Luck whatever way you go 🙂

bradgrafelman

maxelcat: Before you go deleting everything, first check to see if Windows is hiding file extensions (it's in Folder Options on the View tab). If so, disable that option and verify that your file ends in ".php" (and not ".php.txt" or something like that).

maxelcat

d'oh

it was a cache thing and is working

thanks to all for advice

bradgrafelman

Glad to hear you got it working. Don't forget to mark this thread resolved using the link on the Thread Tools menu above.