Problems in PHP and Apache on WinXP

[netrice]

Hi,

I am a newbie in PHP. I want to build my own web site, and someone told me that should use PHP.

I downloaded PHP and Apache first and installed on my WindowsXP. But I met some problem as below:

After I installed Apache ver.2.0.39 on my WinXP success. When I type http://localhost/ in address bar from IE, Apache page display well. Oh, my Apache server worked well!

Then I installed PHP by manual. I followed by instructions from "PHP Manual":
- copy php4st.dll and other dlls into %SYSTEMROOT%
- edit php.ini and copy to %WINDOWS%
- edit httpd.conf to run PHP as CGI binary (php.exe)

I created a directory as "C:\webroot\" and modified document_root with this value in php.ini. I built a sample hello.php and copy to c:\webroot, Apache server started, and I used IE to type http://localhost/hello.php and hope to see some thing. But nothing appeared.

Ah, my PHP was not working. I tried to use PHP as the Apache module DLL by modified httpd.conf like "PHP Manual", but when I restarted Apache, it's failed. I think "LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll" was wrong and modified to "LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache2.dll", my Apache started well. But when I type http://localhost/hello.php again, nothing happened.

My test PHP is hello.php from "PHP Manual", and when I did a "view source" in the web browser, I could see the source code of hello.php. Problem here is configuration, but I had followed by PHP manual step by step and I think I worked right.

How to correct my problem?

Please help me. Thank you!
Huu Quynh

[sirarker]

find the directive_________-------LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache2.dll
and add this after it.
<FilesMatch ".php$">

SetOutputFilter PHP

</FilesMatch>

then find---------
AddTYpe application/x-tar.tgz directive,
add this after it :

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Hope it helps!!

[Anon]

Read the post below. I found that it worked fine for me. Apparently the .dll file that came with PHP 4.1.2 isn't compiled correctly.

http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=3&id=111658&loc=0&thread=111658

[sirarker]

After a long struggling with apache2.0.39
and php4.2.3_dev on winXP,I finally get
the way out.Thanks very much to
[e-mail]
Now I quote your suggestions here,
Thanks again.I can post my data from Form
through $_POST.

[e-mail]
01-Mar-2002 04:09

If you're trying to use Apache 2.0.x and PHP, you'll need to do the
following:

First, make sure that when you configure PHP you use the --with-apxs2
option, like so: --with-apxs2=/path/to/apache2/apxs. You need to use this
instead of --with-apxs. Second, when you edit your httpd.conf, instead of
adding the AddType line, add the following:

<Files *.php>
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>

to where you would normally add the AddType line. This works for me using
PHP 4.1.2 and Apache 2.0.28. YMMV.