giving the php parser a kick ?

[Anon]

Hello group,

Can you help me get over what must bre the final hurdle.

I have installed mysql,apache and php under suse7.1 with no apparent problems but when it come to running the script i called php.php which includes the code snippet <? phpinfo(); ?> this is not executed but displayed to the browser as text.

How do i give the php parser a kick and get i to display the page we all now and love.

Do any changes need to be made to php.ini-dist or the httpd.conf file besides the uncommenting of the two lines in httpd.conf relating to php4 file extensions.

Please any insights and suggestions

Paul

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Did you edit the right httpd.conf?
Did you make sure the .php extention is in use, and not only the php3?
Did you give your apache a restart after editing the config?

[Anon]

Hello Vincent,

thanks very much for your reply.can i just say on behalf of the group that your input to this site is invaluable and very much appreciated.

can i ask you if you would provide snippets of how some some of the lines should look or tests that i could carry out as i think this is probably a common problem for newbies.

cheers

paul

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/me takes a bow
thank you, thank you.
Just doing my bit. (and having enormous fun showing off my knowledge because I'm so modest🙂 )

The lines in the httpd.conf should look exactly like the manual says:
-- quote --
17. Edit your httpd.conf or srm.conf file and add:

  For PHP 3:
  AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3

  For PHP 4:
  AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

You can choose any extension you wish here. .php is simply the one
we suggest. You can even include .html .

18. Use your normal procedure for starting the Apache server. (You must
    stop and restart the server, not just cause the server to reload by
    use a HUP or USR1 signal.)
    -- end quote --

Note that you can add as many extentions as you like on those lines.
If you want to use PHP4 to parse *.php3 files:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3

And maybe even html files (I would advice against this)

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .htm .html

Common mistakes:
- You uncommented/added the wrong line, making the server only parse .php3 and you only use .php

• you edited the wrong httpd.conf
  Many servers have multiple httpd.conf files, one in the install directory, one that's actually in use, an exampkle file, etc..

• You didn't restart apache.

• You restarted apache by sending a HUP instead stopping and restarting

Less common error:
- You edited the httpd.conf while apache gets this info from srm.conf (unusual because apache defaults to not use the srm.conf)