PHP installing problem on Suse Linux 7.2

borko

Dear all,

I am having a small problem with PHP module on my Suse Linux 7.2 system.
I have successfully installed apache web server and it works ok. I can se html pages on the localhost server. Than I installed PHP module and when I run index (info) page of the Apache web server I get the information that the PHP module is installed. So everything looks fine but when I try to run PHP script I have a problem. I have put the test.php script in the same directory where the apache info page is. And when I try to run it with http://localhost/test.php the system opens a window and asks me for the file that I want to run. And then if I click on the same test.php file nothing happens.
So I do not know where the problem is. I did not change any settings within the confing files. Everything is set as default after the installation.

I would be very grateful if you could help me with this problem.

Boris

Anon

Have you modified the httpd.conf file so as to let Apache know the php file extension is handled by php?
Search for "AddType" in httpd.conf.
Also, look at the php install files searching for AddType.
Instructions are more detailed.

borko

In the httpd.conf file I have this structure:

<if module mod_php4.c>
Addtype application/x-httpd-php .php
Addtype application/x-httpd-php .php4
Addtype application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
</if module>

As I'm complete newbie in the Linux system and Apache I don't know if this is correct but I think that it should be ok. But I still can not run php scripts. I will search a bit in the install files maybe I dig somthing up.
If you have any other ideas please help me!
Thanks

Anon

Dear Boris,

If your goal is to simply run PHP, the easiest method is using YAST2...

Use the YAST2 program in SuSE.(let me know if you don't know where this application is?)
Select Software, then Install/Remove Software.
(you will be prompted to place the CD in the CD drive) After you have the CD in the drive select "List of All Packages" from the left side window.
Select mod_php4, libphp
Select Install

If this is what you did, SuSE normally modifies the httpd.conf for you.

If you are installing Apache and PHP from source, I'll have documented instructions complete in a few days.

Greg

P.S. Let me know everything you did and I may be able to tell you what is stopping the PHP script from executing.

borko

Hi Greg,

Here is what I did.
Firstly I have installed Apache server using YAST2 and then I started it with command rcapache start. And eveything works fine. I can see the index page of the server and I also tried to start some html files and it is ok.
Then I installed mod_php4 and phplib also using YAST2. When I start index page of the server it shows that the php module is installed.

Today I tried to uninstall php module and install it again but the problem is still there. When I write in the url adress http://localhost/test.php a new window opens asking me to save file as, offering me file name test.php. When I press ok it asks me if I want to overwrite the existing file. If I press ok nothing happens.
And I'm stuck there. It's like the server doesn't recognize php files or like module is not installed?!

Any ideas, please help!!

Anon

Yep, something is missing...
I assume test.php looks like this:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

and the php.ini file is here:
(you can check using command "locate php.ini", no quotes, from shell prompt.)
/etc/httpd/php.ini
and the httpd.conf has the following lines:
Loadmodule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.so
and below that is the following line:
AddModule mod_php4.c

(I'm leaving off stuff above and below the line and concentrating on the actual line.)

And
you defined a user and group specifically for apache, then placed the following lines in httpd.conf:
User yourdefineduser
Group yourdefinedgroup

Greg

Anon

P.S. You do have libphp installed also right?

borko

Hi Greg,
I think that we're getting it...

1.)So, I looked for the php.ini file and it's placed in /etc. Should I move it to /etc/httpd?

2.)I've found out that in the httpd.conf I don't have lines:
Load Module php4_module
Add Module mod_php4.c

I also have this lines:
Include suse_loadmodule.conf
Include suse_addmodule.conf

This two files should load modules that are installed as packages.
But even in this two config files I don't have php4_module and mod_php4.c.

So, next question: where should I add php4_module and mod_php4.c? I also noticed that the order of the loaded modules in the httpd.conf is important?!

3.) I defined user and group. For the user I've put "boris" (which is user account on the system) and for the group "users". Is that ok?

Thanks a lot!!

p.s. I've installed libphp.

Anon

Hi!
I had the same problem, but i managed to make it work! It was solved after i changed suse config files instead of httpd.conf. I've added line to suse_loadmodule.conf:

LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.so

And to suse_addmodule.conf:
AddModule mod_php4.c