Yuo need to add the following to httpd.conf to tell Apache to sent files ending with .php to the php apache server module.
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php then if you write a testpage called 'getphpinfo.php' and add this into it: <?php phpinfo(); ?> that should return alot of usefull information about your php and Apache installation. Keith In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. To unsubscribe from this list, please see detailed instructions already posted at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-install&m=114138567814319&w=2 On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, vb wrote: > To: php-install@lists.php.net > From: vb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PHP-INSTALL] Q: apache 2.2 and php 5.1.2 don't interact properly. > > Hello all: > > Sorry if this is FAQ - I don't seem to be able to find any. > > I just installed the latest Apache (2.2) and PHP (5.2.1) on a Sun Sparc > Linux platform. > > It was a vanilla installation, followed almost to the letter the > instructions at http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php > (although this is for apache 2.0, not 2.2). The only difference was that > mysql path was required for php ./configure, even though mysql is installed > in the standard place. > > The problem is that the server does not process php properly. Putting the > code below into index.php > > <? > echo "<html><body>"; > echo "It works"; > echo "</body></html>"; > ?> > > and trying to browse this page I see an empty screen in the browser, 'view > source' shows exactly this code. That is the server does not interpret the > php code - it just dumps it into the page! > > I noticed that /usr/local/bin/php when invoked with -i returns php(cli) - in > my previous installations it was php(cgi). > > Can anyone please help me to understand what is going on here - from that > little info I managed to find it looks like the server is using php in cli > mode instead of cgi mode - is this the case? What needs to be done to get it > working? > > > All hints would be highly appreciated, > > TIA, > /vb >
