Win, Apache &amp; PHP

Win, Apache & PHP

Anon

Spec: Apache 1.3.12 (Win32),
PHP4.0.1pl1Win32, & Windows 98
Well I'm trying to configure Apache to read my php files..I've done with PWS, & its o.k.
I've changed the httpd.conf file with this:
ScriptAlias /php/ "D:/php/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php3/php.exe"
(as what others say in php.net & Graeme Merrall's "PHP/MySQL Tutorial" from Webmonkey)

I think that Apache have recognize those PHP files..(since no download popup appears).. but nothing comes out.. just a blank page..& it is still processing that page..hmm hope you guys knoe what i'm talking..

p.s. I'm new at this PHP,Apache..& trying to connect these two with MySQL...thanx

Anon

I found one mistype in you httpd.conf file.

Action application/x-httpd-php "/php3/php.exe"

the "path" (ie "/php3/php.exe") above refers to the path declared on the ScriptAlias-line earlier.

In your case it should read:

Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"

Hope this does it for you.

Anon

Syah,

There is one reason why nothing comes out and why it is still processing the page. The reason is your php.ini file have some problem. Your php.ini file might try to include the module (extension) which in not in "extension_dir". So please comment those extensions which you don't have in extension_dir. The easiest why to find such error is, run any php file from command line.

C:> <php_dir>\php.exe <php_file>
..Wait for few seconds and if isthere any error then it will show up.

Note: Apache does not show error occured to php, that is the reason "nothing comes out".

Regards,
Samir Mehta

Anon

Well.. thanx NBengtsson & Samir...
the typo error: I've solved it after i post the messg here.. but it still wont work... then the extension_dir in php.ini is default (which is ./) but i did uncomment the windows extension: extension=php_mysql.dll as those tutorials said.. since i wanted to connect to mysql..
I comment it back.. but still the same..I ran the php.exe as what Samir said..(but i found this out at php.net web page..). Since i do not know the syntax.. i just ran:
d:\php>php.exe
so nothing happens...(it should be what Samir said; php.exe <php-file>).

But the wonderful thing is; hurray! Apache can recognize my php file.. and it appears in the browser.. Thanx for your replies..Do you guys know what i just did..?? hehe 🙂

p.s. Next i want to connect with mysql.. see you soon if i stumbled in any problem. o.k.

Anon

I have everything setup same as the last guy. I tried using browscap.ini but it says it can't parse the file at line 1000 or something like that. So I commented it out in php.ini.

When I run php.exe from the command prompt it says.

Fatal Error.
Unable to open c:\windows\desktop\webserver\index.php in Unknown on line 0

Anon

HI,

It is hard to tell without much details about index.php. Only I can say try to check if you can run C:><php_dir>\php.exe (hope fully this will do nothing if you have php installed properly.) then kill it (ctl-C). Next I creat php file test.php with one line. (<? echo "Hello World"; ?>)

And test is on command line C:><php_dir>\php.exe test.php

All the best
Samir

Anon

Thats all index.php was in the first place. Any ways I added browsercap.ini back in and it was line 1149 or something that had the error so I just deleted and ran php.exe from the dos prompt. OK, THAT WORKED.

But When I load up Apache and try and view the same file it gives me a ol' error 404. I type in http://localhost and I can check outa ll the files and I click on index.php and it says error 404.

I just downloaded Apache and PHP today so I'm using the newest versions and I configured exactly like the first guy did ( triple checked ) with exception of him typing PHP3 instead of PHP4 somewhere.

What could be wrong? Also when I navigate to http://localhost it doesn't load index.php up automatically.. shouldn't it load up an index file automatically? I tried renaming it to index.html also that didn't work either.

Anon

But When I load up Apache and try and view the same file it gives me a ol' error 404. I type in http://localhost and I can check outa ll the files and I click on index.php and it says error 404.

I just downloaded Apache and PHP today so I'm using the newest versions and I configured exactly like the first guy did ( triple checked ) with exception of him typing PHP3 instead of PHP4 somewhere.

Anon

Hi Jeremy,

Make sure that you have following lines in your Apache's httpd.conf file. This could be the reason why you got 404 error.

ScriptAlias /php/ "C:/<php_dir>/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"

Also see in the same file if you have index.php included as your DirectoryIndex. Not having index.php on that line do not load index.php automatically.

DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

Have fun,
Samir

Anon

Took me a lot of hacking but I figured out the problem. I wish the PHP Builder guys would update that column of theirs. It would save everybody here a lot of headaches!