Instalation trouble

Anon

Hi I'm new to PHP and I am trying to get PHP installed and running with pws, for development purposses.

I ran the instaltion shield of windows. when trying to see whether it works or not using the following code:

I get an error stating:

This PHP CGI binary was compiled with force-cgi-redirect enabled. This means that a page will only be served up if the REDIRECT_STATUS CGI variable is set, e.g. via an Apache Action directive.

What exectely does this mean and how can I get my code to work.

P.S. Must a person work just through the cgi-bin or not if not is there a procedure I nee to take to enable running it from outside my cgi-bin.

Thanks

Anon

hi there ,

1)there is an error in your html coding html files should begin with and end with secondly it is normal php gives you that warning on a windows operating system force-cgi-redirect is a new build in security feature and it is enabled by default to get your code to work do the following open "php.ini" find the line cgi_force_redirect=0 and set it to 0 uncomment the line to remove the ";" save it and try again if i take a look at your php code you should see the text "hello world" on your browser screen now (close your browser)and call the script again first refresching will not work

did it worked ?

regards Erik

Anon

Thanks it worked.

In my original code I had the html opening and closing tags I see that I didn't copy them.

I have noticed that it works only if the file is in the cgi-bin, Is there a way I can get it to work outside the cgi-bin.