On Monday 20 August 2007 23:13, Jeff D wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Randy Patterson wrote: > > On Monday 20 August 2007 22:27, Jeff D wrote: > >> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Randy Patterson wrote: > >>> On Monday 20 August 2007 21:52, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: > >>>> Randy Patterson wrote: > >>>>> I am trying to setup a local web server on my machine to test php > >>>>> projects before going live. I have installed apache2, php5 and mysql > >>>>> using aptitude and apache and mysql seem to be working fine. I try to > >>>>> load a test page in a browser; > >>>>> > >>>>> http://localhost/apache2-default/test.php > >>>>> > >>>>> The file contains a test message between header tags <h1></h1> and > >>>>> below that a php script line that just prints another test message > >>>>> with the 'print' command. The browser displays the first HTML message > >>>>> but not the message from the php script line. There are no errors > >>>>> messages. Is there some configuration that needs to take place after > >>>>> installing php5 with aptitude? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Randy > >>>> > >>>> Did you installed libapache2-mod-php5? That should do all your work... > >>> > >>> Yes, I did installed that. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Randy > >> > >> did you do: > >> a2enmod php5 > >> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart > > > > I get the following error message trying to run that command; > > > > This module does not exist! > > > > aptitude show a2enmod > > > > returns; > > > > E: Unable to locate package a2enmod > > > > Thanks, > > Randy > > you'll have to run that as root or sudo /usr/sbin/a2enmod as a normal > user. If you run it with no arguments, it will bring up a list of modules > that are able to be enabled. >
I did run it as root and aptitude shows that apache2.2-common is installed. But in all the tutorials that I've read none of them have mentioned having to run this program to enable PHP? Thanks, Randy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]