can't run <? phpinfo(); ?> !

[Anon]

Hi, I've just set up my linux box with apache, mysql and php4. This box is not connected to the web because I can't get hold of a static ip... in anycase after installing, I can see the apache's 'successful installation page' index.html by typing in http://localhost.. in the browser.. but when I write up a simple php script and place it in that same directory, all I see is the php coding..

    <? phpinfo(); ?> 

the installation guide that i pulled from the web says that I have to place the /usr/local/apache/htdocs ... which I also tried... but i'm not sure what to type into the browser.. i've used file:/usr/local/apache/htdocs/.. and so forth to get to the document..

i've also tried saving the php file under .php .phps .php4 .. i think phps is what is written in the .conf file..

thanks for your help.. nl

[Anon]

I can think of three things that could have gone wrong, the first being the most likely:

1. Do you have short tags enabled in php.ini under language options?

2. If you want to view a page through Apache, you have to start the server up, then type the localhost address to the page you want to view. The page has to be under the htdocs directory for Apache to parse it. Apache won't recognize it's supposed to parse anything if you use the /usr/local/apache/htdocs/phppage.php URL. For example, the URL for above would be http://localhost/phppage.php.

3. You can find out the extensions Apache identifies PHP files with by looking in your httpd.conf, as you said. If you save that file in that extension and it still doesn't work, check out some of the threads in the Windows Installation forum to find out how to add another PHP extension to httpd.conf.

Of course, the answer is probably amazingly obvious =).

[Anon]

You must configure the file:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to load the php modules, and need to change the file srm.conf in the same directory to MIME type php and php3

after this, restart the apache...

ps.: your page must be on the public_html directory, like as /home/httpd/html/test.php

good lucky

Johnnie Rose, Jr. wrote:

I can think of three things that could have gone wrong, the first being the most likely:

1. Do you have short tags enabled in php.ini under language options?

2. If you want to view a page through Apache, you have to start the server up, then type the localhost address to the page you want to view. The page has to be under the htdocs directory for Apache to parse it. Apache won't recognize it's supposed to parse anything if you use the /usr/local/apache/htdocs/phppage.php URL. For example, the URL for above would be http://localhost/phppage.php.

3. You can find out the extensions Apache identifies PHP files with by looking in your httpd.conf, as you said. If you save that file in that extension and it still doesn't work, check out some of the threads in the Windows Installation forum to find out how to add another PHP extension to httpd.conf.

Of course, the answer is probably amazingly obvious =).