RE: [PHP-INSTALL] PHP5 with Apache2

-----Original Message----- From: Janet Valade [mailto:jvalade@eoni.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:44 PM To: Balakumar Velmurugan Subject: Re: [PHP-INSTALL] PHP5 with Apache2 Balakumar Velmurugan wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janet Valade [mailto:jvalade@eoni.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 12:58 PM > To: Balakumar Velmurugan > Subject: Re: [PHP-INSTALL] PHP5 with Apache2 > > Balakumar Velmurugan wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >> I configured PHP5 on my apache2 server. But every time when I try > > to > >>open any file with .php >> >>with my browser, I only see the php source. It looks like the PHP is not >>being interpreted at the server. >> >> >> >>I did the following as part of my setup, >> >> >> >>1. Built apache2 using "--enable-so" option >> >>2. Built PHP using "--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs" option >> >>3. Modified my httpd.conf to include >> >> - LoadModule php5_module libexec/libphp5.so >> >> - AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml >> >> >> >>I think I am missing some configuration. Any help? Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >>Bala >> >> > > > Did you remember to restart Apache after you edited the httpd.conf file? > > Do you open the files by typing localhost/filename.php into your browser > address line? You can't use file->open to execute php files. > > Janet > > > > Thanks for your response. > > Yes, I did restart the server after making changes to httpd.conf. > > I have index.php at the document root. So I tried the following at the > browser window from a different machine > > http://www.servername.com/ > > and > > http://www.servername.com/index.php > > I get php source displayed as text on my window in both cases. > > I also created test.php with the following content, > > > <html> > <body> > <? > echo "<br>hello world"; > ?> > </body> > <html> Perhaps you don't have short tags turned on. Try: <p?php Janet > > > When I point my browser at http://www.servername.com/test.php > > I get a display as > > hello world"; ?> > > > Looks like the server is not invoking php !!. Any more ideas ? > > Thanks > Bala > <p?php or <?php tag don't work either :(.