Embarassingly Simple Question

[Anon]

Hi,

I am setting up Apache and PHP on my XP machine. I am using 127.0.0.1 to access it.

I am trying to get the below code to run as phpinfo.php, which is in my htdocs folder:

<?
phpinfo();
?>

Apache itself works fine. I installed PHP (php-4.2.1-Win32.zip) and followed tutorials to set it up with Apache. (Putting a php.ini file in the Windows directory, modifying httpd.conf, etc.).

Before doing this, Apache would just show me the php code in my browser. Now, it gives me a "Save As Dialog box." I've searched other forums and groups.google.com for a solution, but I haven't been able to find one. I know this will be an obvious fix, but I sure would appreciate any help.

Thanks!

-Dan

[mithril]

Did you add the following lines to httpd.conf?

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

[Anon]

Geoff,

Thanks for your help. I have added those lines. They have no affect.

Is there anything else I am missing?

-Dan

[Anon]

If you are running Apache 2.X, it currently doesn't work on XP systems. Trust me, I've tried everything to get it to work. About the only fix is to switch to 1.3

[Anon]

Evan wrote:

If you are running Apache 2.X, it currently doesn't work on XP systems. Trust me, I've tried everything to get it to work. About the only fix is to switch to 1.3

I couldn't get it to run on Apache 2 at all. This is under the older version (1.x)

[Anon]

First off, uninstall Apache 2.X altogether, then renistall Apache 1.3.

Then you need to edit your php.ini file and point your doc_root to your htdocs folder in apache (c:\program files\apache\htdocs - if that's how it sets up for you)

edit your httpd.conf file exactly as it says in the php install file and things should work perfectly

[taichi56]

I have ran into the same problem. I put the recommended code in php.ini, but still get the same problem. Any other ideas, please? Thanks.

[Anon]

Here's bits and pieces of my httpd.conf that can be a model for what yours should looks like.

#########################Load Module List
#########################Note that the rewrite module is uncommented (same with the php4 module.
#LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so
#LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so
#LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
#LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so
#LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
#LoadModule anon_auth_module modules/mod_auth_anon.so
#LoadModule dbm_auth_module modules/mod_auth_dbm.so
#LoadModule digest_auth_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
#LoadModule digest_module modules/mod_digest.so
#LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
#LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so
#LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
#LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
#LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
#LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll

#######################Clear Module List
#######################All you should have to do is add mod_php4.c
ClearModuleList
#AddModule mod_vhost_alias.c
AddModule mod_env.c
AddModule mod_log_config.c
#AddModule mod_mime_magic.c
AddModule mod_mime.c
AddModule mod_negotiation.c
#AddModule mod_status.c
#AddModule mod_info.c
AddModule mod_include.c
AddModule mod_autoindex.c
AddModule mod_dir.c
AddModule mod_isapi.c
AddModule mod_cgi.c
AddModule mod_asis.c
AddModule mod_imap.c
AddModule mod_actions.c
#AddModule mod_speling.c
AddModule mod_userdir.c
AddModule mod_alias.c
AddModule mod_rewrite.c
AddModule mod_access.c
AddModule mod_auth.c
#AddModule mod_auth_anon.c
#AddModule mod_auth_dbm.c
#AddModule mod_auth_digest.c
#AddModule mod_digest.c
#AddModule mod_proxy.c
#AddModule mod_cern_meta.c
#AddModule mod_expires.c
#AddModule mod_headers.c
#AddModule mod_usertrack.c
#AddModule mod_unique_id.c
AddModule mod_so.c
AddModule mod_setenvif.c
AddModule mod_php4.c

####################Directory index
####################You should only put index.php in front of index.html if you want php to be your default index pages.

DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written HTML

directory index. Separate multiple entries with spaces.

#
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</IfModule>

[Anon]

Forgot this.

################Add type
################You can add .php3 if you use php3

#
# AddType allows you to tweak mime.types without actually editing it, or to
# make certain files to be certain types.
#
AddType application/x-tar .tgz
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps