LAMP - Help

[hari4php]

Hi everyone,

   I am using linux platform to develop php project, As i am new to this environment i need help on how the folder structures wil be, and which folder i have to write the php code and how to execute it.

So i am waiting for ur reply ................

[Weedpacket]

Here's a [man]tutorial[/man] to get you started.

[Ashley_Sheridan]

Depending on the flavour of Linux you've gone for there are a couple of places your files might have to be placed.

If your server is of the Red Hat kind (and most tend to be), and this includes CentOS and Fedora then your files will be put in /var/www/html/ .

If the system is set up with Apache and PHP correctly (which is easy to do with the the yum tool on Red Hat-style servers) then you just need to point your browser to http://ip-address to see the contents of /var/www/html.

[hari4php]

Thanks for ur suggestion, I am using Open SUSE linux for developing my website, the apache folder and PHP5 folder are inside the \admin\etc\apache2 and . \admin\etc\PHP5

But wheather i should create my own folder to test my php coding are should use the already existing folders...

I refered the follwing URL..but wen i start the apache2 server ...Permission denied status msg is given to me...

And also i am the admin user of this system..y i am getting this permission denied msg...Any suggetion.

URL i referred:

http://en.opensuse.org/Linux_Apache_MySQL_PHP_Server_(lamp)

Hari.V

[bradgrafelman]

hari4php;10944942 wrote:

But wheather i should create my own folder to test my php coding are should use the already existing folders...

Well those might be the folders where the two software packages are installed, yes, but normally you'd simply put your PHP scripts in the document root of the website, which is located in neither of those two folders. If you choose to place them in a different location, then you'd have to configure Apache to serve up web pages from that new location.

hari4php wrote:

And also i am the admin user of this system..y i am getting this permission denied msg...Any suggetion.

While you didn't even tell us what the error message is ("permission denied msg" leaves approximately an infinite number of possibilities), it may very well be that you are logged in as root (then again, perhaps you aren't?), but that has no bearing on what user credentials Apache is attempting to use.

[Ashley_Sheridan]

You shouldn't ever use a Linux computer logged in all the time as the root user, it's how mistakes can happen! Log in as your normal user, and use sudo and su to escalate your permissions to perform any tasks you can't urn as the normal user.

On Suse, the web server runs as the wwwrun or www user (depending on the version)

I believe the web root for it is in /srv/www/html or something similiar. It's been a while since I've used Suse.

[bluto374]

I use opensuse as well. I am using 11.2. Are you using KDE or Gnome? I like KDE. Make sure you installed Yast as an administration management. If you chose this option on install, then open administrator settings, and verify within http server, where your document root is. By default, it goes to /srv/www/htdocs, look at the main host tab it will tell you there. Then check your host tab to see if you have any host configured. I recommend separating each host by a folder under /srv/www/htdocs/site1, /srv/www/htdocs/site2. You do this by adding host in the Host tab and specifying which directory to point to. Also make sure your permission are set correctly for each folder for security purposes. If this is for local testing only, remove the default gateway to prevent access to the internet. Then set permissions on /srv/www/htdocs to 777. It will help with permission problems. Only do this if you are sure this machine can not access the web.

[Ashley_Sheridan]

Yast should be installed by default on a Suse system, it's the heart of the administration control for everything on that operating system. If you don't have a graphical window manager installed (i.e. KDE, Gnome or XFCE) then typing yast from the command line will bring up a fairly easy to use text-based control panel for Yast.