Configuration Error???

Anon

Hi, I just finished installing PHP4.0.4pl1 and Apache 1.3.19 on my RH7.0. After doing some minor configuration changes, I started Apache. I get the standard Apache success page, however, when I try to go to /localhost/phpinfo.php (I also tried /localhost/phpinfo.php3), I get the following error: "404 Not Found: The requested URL /php4/php.exe/phpinfo.php was not found on this server."

So I went back to the Apache config file and found the section which refers to /php4/php.exe--Action application/x-httpd-php /php4/php.exe. I'm not sure what that is for, but I figured maybe it was pointed incorrectly. So I changed that to my PHP directory, /usr/share/php-4.0.4pl1 but that had no effect (it simply changed the directory in the 404 error). My AddType applications are set for .phtml, .php3 and .php.

I've tried digging around, but can't seem to find any articles or tutorials which address this problem.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Anon

I compiled PHP as an Apache Module using the following command.

'./configure' --with-apxs --with-mysql --with-gd --with-ttf

Here are the lines in my httpd.conf file that work for me.
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

AddModule mod_php4.c

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

The only thing you will probably need to change is the path in the LoadModule directive to fit your system.

Your AddType line looks wierd to me. Maybe you compiled as cgi but I am not sure. Could you please post your configure options that you used for PHP before I get in any deeper? They would be very helpful.

Anon

I assume that by configure options you mean what commands did I compile PHP with? If that is the case, I don't recall--I just followed some documentation that I found online, though I'm sure I can find it again. If you mean something else, can you be a little more specific? (I'm a newbie, so please forgive my lack of knowledge).

Thanks!

p.s. I'll look for what commands I used to compile PHP in the meantime.

Anon

What I am looking for is if you used --with-apxs or --with-apache when you configured PHP.

--with-apxs configures PHP as an Apache module.
--with-apache configures PHP for building it into Apache.

Your best bet is to follow the PHP configuration instructions on php.net.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php

I suggest building as an Apache module. Before you start doing this, go through your httpd.conf, access.conf, srm.conf and comment out all of the lines that reference php.

Anon

I must have totally screwed up! I don't recall ever using "--with-apxs" during the install. I might have used "--with-apache", though. . . (by the way, I can't seem to find where I got my install instructions, but the instructions I used don't seem to resemble those on php.net)

I've printed out the installation instructions you pointed me to. I've read somewhere that if I want to use PHP with MySQL, it has to be installed PRIOR to installing PHP. Is this correct? I ask because I installed MySQL after I (mis)installed PHP.

Should I uninstall PHP, Apache and MySQL and start all over again? Or is there an easier method? Can I rebuild these programs (reinstall) following the correct installation instructions on php.net? or will this not work?

Thanks again.

Anon

I wouldn't uninstall anything. Just go through your httpd.conf file and comment out all of the PHP related directives.

Here is what should be in there.

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

AddModule mod_php4.c

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

For starters try and configure PHP with the following command.

./configure --with-apxs --with-mysql

For this to work you will need the apache-devel and the mysql-devel packages installed.

After you run configure for PHP, run the following commands to install it.

make
make install

This should modify the httpd.conf file for you. The only line you want to check will be the LoadModule line to make sure that it points to the actual location of libphp4.so. Hopefully this will help you a bit.

Anon

Hi Chris,

I really appreciate your help. I will follow your suggestions once I get home (I'm at work now) to my linux box and will let you know what happens.

Thanks,
Jason

Anon

Okay, I reconfigured/recompiled everything, except I used

./configure --with-mysql --with-apache=/usr/share/apache/apache_1.3.19 --enable-track-vars

The reason I used this instead was because when I tried it first with --with-apxs, I got an error (I think I was missing something). This seemed to work without problem, but eventually, I got the same message: "
The requested URL /php4/php.exe/phpinfo.php was not found on this server."

So I assume that it is not a problem in httpd.conf with the "Action application/x-httpd-php /php4/php.exe" even though there is no such directory on my system?

What do you think? Is it time for an uninstall and reinstallation? If I am to uninstall these programs, how would I go about doing that?

Thanks.

Anon

When you configure --with-apxs you are trying to build PHP as an Apache module.

When you configure --with-apache you are actually going to compile PHP into Apache so the process is a little different.

The reason you got an error when using apxs was that it probably could not find the apache development libraries. If you are using a Red Hat or Mandrake system install the apache-devel package. You'll have to figure it out for the other distros.

I gave you the apxs version which is much simpler and I also have no experience using the --with-apache switch. Your best bet is to find and install the apache-devel libraries and use the example I gave earlier.