File Not Found Error

[Anon]

I have windows 98 set up with the following:

mysql-4.0.0a
php4.1.0
apache 1.3.22
Perl 5.6.1.630

I have followed instructions in setting all theses up and perl files work, mysql itsself works as does apache. BUT whenever i try to run PHP files through it, it simply get a standard 404 File Not Found error. I have tried placing the PHP files in the htdocs directory where i have set apache up to read from, the ScriptAlias directory of C:/PHP AND cgi-bin, just to be sure :S it is very annoying that this happens as it means that i cannot properly do MySQL database work.

Robin

[Anon]

Hi Robin,

looks like you are having the same issue as per the previous user in the forum.

Please give the sugegstions within that post a try and see how you get on.

http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=3&id=108469&thread=108468

Regards

-Abi

[Anon]

Thank you for the suggestion Abi, unfortunately this does not seem to have solved the problem. I found that the Action line in httpd.conf was unqoted and quoted that as per PHP documentation, but can find no other errors in any config files.

[Anon]

Hi Robin, sorry to hear that it was unsucessful. Here are a few more pointers that you need to double/triple check.

did u restart the apache server after the changes?

Have you made sure that the php-ini.dist file has been renamed to php.ini

Copied over the .dlls to the \system\ folder as per installation instructions.

Three important parts need to be changed within the .conf file.

following:

ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.

ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that

documents in the realname directory are treated as applications and

run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the

client. The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias

directives as to Alias.

#
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Apache/cgi-bin/"

You need to add another ScriptAlias line to the end, just like this:

ScriptAlias /php/ "C:/php/"

---

AddType allows you to tweak mime.types without actually editing it, or to

make certain files to be certain types.

#

For example, the PHP3 module (not part of the Apache distribution)

will typically use:

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

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

---

#

Action lets you define media types that will execute a script whenever

a matching file is called. This eliminates the need for repeated URL

pathnames for oft-used CGI file processors.

Format: Action media/type /cgi-script/location

Format: Action handler-name /cgi-script/location

#
You need to include an Action line for your new file types, so that they automatically get sent through the PHP parser. So add this:

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

---

If all else fails, drop me a mail with your httpd.conf and i'll see if i can spot any issues. Don't worry, it took me a few attempts before everything got running.

-Abi

[Anon]

Thanks for the advice Abi, the error has been resolves it was down to a missing slash on the scriptalias i had "C:/php" instead of C:/php/. I feel a fool now :s Thanks very much.

Robin