Re: Newbie help

> configuring PHP with apache is not that difficult, here's how you should do > it: > > You should get 2 files: php4apache.dll and php4ts.dll , normally you only get these files when you compile > PHP manually but conecting to PHP is much safer when you use these files, so if you need to download both versions to use these 2 dll's in your automatic install > > I assume you have installed both apache and PHP and that Apache works fine. > You should try to get Apache 1.3 and not Apache 2 just because Apache 2 > support in PHP is still experimental and it is not (yet) recommended to use > PHP with apache 2. > > you must copy the 2 files to the directory php/sapi > it is possible that you will have to create the sapi directory. > > When you have done that open the httpd.conf file, you can find this file in > your apache/conf directory > and add these lines to the file > > LoadModule php4_module d:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll > AddModule mod_php4.c > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php > > in the first line you should change the path to the path on your pc. > > now restart your pc and start apache > > You should see the message > > Apache 1.3.xx running / PHP 4.x.x. > > your php scripts will work fine now > > Greetz DragonEye "Nicola Hartland" <niccihart@msn.com> wrote in message news:BAY3-DAV153IkV7ifIl00010387@hotmail.com... I need some help to install and configure php I have tried downloading it a dozen times to configure it on Apache on xp but I cannot seem to get it to talk to my sql could someone provide me with an idiots guide to installing it please? Thanks in advance Nicci