PHP4+OmniHTTPD+Win98

Anon

I am a new PHP user. I have installed Omni HTTPD web server in my single user PC with Win98. I want to learn PHP. Every thing seems to be installed properly, but PHP scripts would not run. My script file is with extension PHP3. What must be the problem ?

Anon

What version of OmniHTTPD are you using?
Try getting OmniHTTPD Pro v.2.07. It comes with PHP and install it for you, too.

Haven't figured out how to use v.1.01 with PHP, though.

Anon

Thanks for your reply. I am using Omni ver 2.07 the latest. I downloaded yesterday. I have re-framed my problem and presented it again on this forum. Please read it and advise me.

Thanks a lot,

Jayan Chandrasekhar,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Anon

Open the OmniHTTPD Administration dialog.
Click on Web Server Global Settings and choose the External tab. You should see a list of file extensions, and .php3 won't be one of them.

Look for the .php entry and click on it. This should fill up the Virtual and Actual text fields below the list. Change .php to .php3 and click "Add" (not replace).

Then, do basically the same thing with the php entry under the MIME tag.

Or, you could just rename all your .php3 to have a .php extension.

Tell me how it works out.

Anon

Joberto,

Thanks once again.

I had already done what you have suggested. It does not work.

Let me explain in detail what I have done. I am using a stand-alone desktop PC with Windows 98 Second Edition Operating system.

I have done the following things, but things won't work the way it should.

I downloaded and installed Omni HTTPD Ver 2.07 web-server successfully. Folder C:\HTTP
PHP gets installed along with it in the folder C:\HTTPD\PHP
I followed all the instructions that came with Omni web-server ( which you also had explained )
I also changed the registry entries ( for .php3 extension ) using RegEdit, as said in the PHP manuals.

I created a text file named it
'hello.php3'with
following script :

When I double-click on hello.php3, a DOS screen pops-up ( sort of flashes )printing
'Hello World' and gets closed. What I mean is that the Internet Explorer does not open to execute the script.

What could be the problem ? Please help. I really am eager to get into exciting world of PHP scripts.

Thanks for your Prompt answers.

Best Regards,

Jayan Chandrasekhar,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

email : jayanck@email.com
web-site : www.delphitoday.f2s.com

Let me get this straight.

After all the installation, that is after the path is correct, php.ini is put in the windows directory, regedit is done, server setup is done, if we click on the Hello.php3 file, It should open in the browser - isn't it.

Now when I click on the file, it opens in the DOS mode, flashes something and then the DOS window is closed. I hope you uderstand what I say.

Anon

To see the result of running a PHP script in IE you need to access it through your web server. Place the script in htdocs, open IE and go to
http://<your omni server>/hello.php3

The server recognises that it should use php to interpret the script and passes the output (what you saw flash on the DOS screen) back to the browser where you should see what you expect.

HTH