[RESOLVED] New & Clueless

[jlgjjp]

I FINALLY have Apache and PHP working together after about a bizillion attempts. My problem now is when I try to load my test php file on the localhost I get a prompt to either open or save the file. If I choose open with IE, the window displays the text I wrote in the file: <?php phpinfo() ; ?>.

The directions I followed to get Apache and PHP to work together are here:
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-and-Configure-Php-5.2.5-and-Apache-2.2.8-in-Windows-Vista

It worked flawlessly until #37. I've tried about 10 different tutorials and this is the only one I could make work.

I am running Apache 2.2.15 and PHP 5.3.3 on Vista. My http://localhost works and I can start and stop Apache with no problem.

I need to know (in basic English :o) what I might do to fix this problem. I'm very new at this and my knowledge of code is minimal at best. If I need to provide more information please let me know and I will try my hardest to do so.

TIA,
jlgjjp

[jeepin81]

save yourself some time w/ xampp - it installs apache and mysql for you.

here's the link:

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Hope that helps
j

[bradgrafelman]

jeepin81 wrote:

save yourself some time w/ xampp - it installs apache and mysql for you.

Saving time is one thing, but not knowing how to configure Apache and PHP is another. As a programmer/developer, I would think that you would want (and/or need) to know how to configure Apache and PHP yourself.

jlgjjp wrote:

I've tried about 10 different tutorials

Really? I've only ever tried one - the one in the PHP manual. 🙂

Show us the relevant sections/lines of your httpd.conf file that you changed in order to integrate PHP with Apache. Also, after making these changes, did you restart the Apache service?

[sneakyimp]

Yeah you have to configure apache to that it knows to use the PHP module on your php files.

[jlgjjp]

bradgrafelman;10959402 wrote:

Show us the relevant sections/lines of your httpd.conf file that you changed in order to integrate PHP with Apache. Also, after making these changes, did you restart the Apache service?

Added at end of Load Module section:
#LoadModule php5_module "C:/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"

Added in IfModule mime_module:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

Added in IfModule dir_module:
index.php at end of line DirectoryIndex index.html

Hopefully this is what you are looking for...

[bradgrafelman]

jlgjjp wrote:

Added at end of Load Module section:
#LoadModule php5_module "C:/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"

The # sign indicates that the rest of the line is a comment, meaning that it isn't being parsed by Apache.

[jlgjjp]

bradgrafelman;10959402 wrote:

Really? I've only ever tried one - the one in the PHP manual. 🙂

Yeah, I looked at that... it might as well have been written in Arabic! 😕

Also, I did restart Apache and it works just fine.

[jlgjjp]

bradgrafelman;10959500 wrote:

The # sign indicates that the rest of the line is a comment, meaning that it isn't being parsed by Apache.

It works!! I swear I heard angels sing when the page appeared! So glad it was a simple fix! Thanks for all of your help!

[sneakyimp]

Congrats!