test.php runs in command line but not on apache

flic

Hello,
I am new to this, and having trouble installing apache and php correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have installed Apache 2.2.17 and it seems to be fine. I get "it works" when I type http://localhost/ into my browser. I have downloaded the zip files for php 5.3.3 VC6 x86 Thread Safe into c:\php. I've renamed php.ini-development as php.ini and followed instructions to configure apache for php including adding the following lines to the httpd.conf file:

LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll" LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
PHPIniDir "c:/php"

I've saved a file test.php in the htdocs file in the apache folder. The file contains the text <?php phpinfo(); ?>

When I enter http://localhost/test.php into my broswer then I just get the text <?php phpinfo(); ?>. But I can run the php file from the command line successfully.

I have looked for other posts from people with similar issues, but haven't been able to find a solution.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.

ixalmida

When you run PHP from the command line, you are starting PHP as an executable. Running the script in your browser, on the other hand, requires Apache to be configured to work with PHP. First thing I would do is check your Apache and/or PHP logs to see if there are any errors when Apache tries to start PHP.

dalecosp

Your Apache configuration file isn't telling the server to parse *.php files with the PHP interpreter.

Over here in Nixworld, that's a line that looks something like this in httpd.conf:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

flic

Thanks both for the replies. It turns out that apache wasn't running properly - I guess the browser was caching the page, so I still got the "it works" message.

I had changed the port that apache was using, because skype also uses port 80. But can't have done this correctly. So I changed skype instead!

Thanks again