Installation Help

[Anon]

I have installed Apache 1.3 and PHP3 on a windows 2000 machine. I have added the following into the httpd.conf file:

#PHP3 Settings
ScriptAlias /PHP3/ "C:/PHP3/"
AddType application/x-httpd-PHP3 .PHP3
AddType application/x-httpd-PHP3 .phtml
Action application/x-httpd PHP3 "/PHP3/php.exe"

The Apache server runs fine, but when I add the php code to the page and run it, the page displays the php code.
Any suggestions on what I can do??

[Anon]

I'm afraid my input here is just to give you some feedback. I'm afraid I really haven't done much with Apache configs. But in your httpd.conf file above, shouldn't the last line have a hyphen like the rest? That is, shouldn't it be

Action application/x-httpd-PHP3 "/PHP3/php.exe"

and NOT

Action application/x-httpd PHP3 "/PHP3/php.exe"
(notice this shows "x-httpd PHP3" with the last hyphen missing)?

Also, not that case sensitivity is an issue in the Windows world, but it may be an issue for Apache (though I can't say from personal experience). And according to the PHP manual (http://www.php.net/manual/install-windows95-nt.php),

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You must edit your srm.conf or httpd.conf to configure Apache to work with the PHP CGI binary.

Although there can be a few variations of configuring PHP under Apache, this one is simple enough to be used by the newcomer. Please consult the Apache Docs for further configuration directives.

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/path-to-php-dir/"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml

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

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I'm afraid beyond that I'm not much help. :-/