Apache, PHP does'nt execute in browser

Anon

I am running a Apache webserver in WinNT4.0.
I installed PHP 3. Everytime i try to load a script in the browser, it opens a dos shell window and tries to run it there instead of in the browser.

If someone tries to view the file from a diffrent computer, it tries to save the file to their computer instead of running it in the browser.

I have already added the following lines to my httpd.conf file.

ScriptAlias /php3/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/"

AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .phtml

AddType application/x-httpd-php3-source .php3

Action application/x-httpd-php3 "/php3/php.exe"

I have also placed the php.ini file in my WinNT directory, and set the paths for the php directories in it.

I dont know what else to do. Please help.

Thank you

Shabbir

Anon

Silly question : do you scripts have .php3 extension or .phtml ? If it's .php3, it's normal they're not executed with your settings.

Anon

Hi,

They were .php3,
I tried .phtml extension. It results in the following error

The requested URL /php3/php.exe/1-1.phtml was not found on this server

any ideas why?

Shabbir

Anon

I run PHP4.0.3pl1 with Apache1.3.14 under Win98. Hence my normal extension is .php instead of .php3

Some of your problem sounds familiar, especially the bit about the browser trying to download the file rather than running it.

My httpd.conf has the following entries :-
1. ScriptAlias /php/ "C:/php/" - This is my php install directory.

Action application/x-httpd-php /php/php.exe
- same as yours but omits the quotes (")
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .phtml - if I tried to run a script whose extension was not listed the browser tried to download the file.
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps - this tells the browser to display a .phps file rather than execute it. As Olivier pointed out in his reply your setting prevents .php3 files from executing.

The above is not all my own work. Most of the info came from an article by Jason Gilmore at www.webreview.com.pub/2000/09/29/feature/index02.html

Anon

I would like thank both of you very much.

You suggestions solved the problem I was having.

Shabbir