RE: [PHP] PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux

Hello, I have reinstalled Apache back into my Linux machine, and placed the code <html> <head><title>Test</title> <body> <p>This is test</p> <?php echo "Hello!"; ?> </body> </html> into the apache/htdocs folder titled hello.php When I execute it from the browser using an http:// address followed by the IP address and hello.php, I get this pop up message that asks me if I wanted to open up my file and what I want to do with it. Is it necessary for me to install anything else? I have added the AddType application/x-httpd-php .php into the httpd.conf file, so now it is not giving me "file does not exist" error anymore, but how do I get thie accurate output to show up from the browser? I welcome any suggestion. Alice ====================================================== Alice Wei MIS 2009 School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Bloomington ajwei@indiana.edu ________________________________________ From: DeadTOm [deadtom@mtlaners.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:15 PM To: Wei, Alice J. Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux With localhost I was assuming that the files resided on your local machine, my bad. How are you accessing these files? The location you are getting them from has to be running a web server of some kind with php or the php scripts will not run and you'll only see the html output as you described. I run a linux server with apache2, php and mysql and I believe that the purpose of the php5-mysql package is to add files that define those mysql function calls. I'm sure that there is something similar for mssql. -Allen Wei, Alice J. wrote: > Hi, > > -----Original Message----- > From: DeadTOm [mailto:deadtom@mtlaners.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:58 PM > To: Wei, Alice J. > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux > > OK, I see now. > When you open the script from your browser are you accessing it via a > server like Http://localhost/some/file.php or are you just opening a php > file on your hard drive? I'm guessing you're accessing it on the hard > drive directly, which will not work since PHP scripts are executed > server side. So you will need to install apache2 with php. > As far as the mssql_connect error goes, the same rule applies. You need > to have the proper php module installed to define for php what the > mssql_connect function does, otherwise php doesn't know what it is and > yells at you for not defining the function. > > -Allen > > Thanks for clarifying the first point, and that is probably why. > As for the second point, according to > http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-connect.php, isn't > mssql_connect defined already as something internal within PHP? Or, am I missing something here? > > Plus, I connect this not to the localhost, but to a different Windows machine, so does this > mean that I have to install it? One of the members on the list suggested something from > http://www.freetds.org/, if this is something I have to install, I > will definitely give it a shot. > > Alice > > > Wei, Alice J. wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> For testing purpose, I have something like >> >> <html> >> <head><title>Test</title> >> <body> >> <p>This is test</p> >> <?php echo "Hello!"; ?> >> </body> >> </html> >> >> I see the following from the command prompt when I execute the above script: >> >> <html> >> <head><title>Test</title> >> <body> >> <p>This is test</p>Hello >> </body> >> </html> >> >> On the browser, I only see: >> >> <html> >> <head><title>Test</title> >> <body> >> <p>This is test</p> >> </body> >> </html> >> >> I just realized that the mysql_connect error is a typo, I should have typed >> mssql_connect. I call this from a different machine, so I shouldn't get this kind of error even >> if I don't have it installed, right? Or, am I missing something here? >> >> Alice >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: DeadTOm [mailto:deadtom@mtlaners.org] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:46 PM >> To: Wei, Alice J. >> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net >> Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux >> >> >Otherwise, it consistently gives me errors "Call to undefined >> function: mysql_connect()...".If you're getting an error... >> >> If you're getting this error, there is a line of code in the php script >> that is trying to connect to a mysql database and the mysql extension >> for php is not installed. So php doesn't know this function is supposed >> to do hence, the "undefined function" error. >> >> >I can only see the HTML code of the php functions I call within the >> code at the command output in text format, but I cannot see it on the >> "browser." >> >> I'm a little confused about what you mean here. You shouldn't see any >> HTML code in your browser. >> >> Wei, Alice J. wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have originally commented out all the MS SQL lines in the php.ini files so that it >>> supports MS SQL, but that does not seem to work. MySQL? Since I am not using that to connect my PHP >>> to, do I still need to install it? By the way, my Microsoft SQL server database is on a different >>> Windows machine. >>> >>> Alice >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: DeadTOm [mailto:deadtom@mtlaners.org] >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:29 PM >>> To: Wei, Alice J.; php-general@lists.php.net >>> Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux >>> >>> Do you have php-mysql installed? In ubuntu for php5 the package is >>> php5-mysql. >>> >>> -Allen >>> >>> Wei, Alice J. wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am currently using a Linux box with Fedora to run my PHP scripts, which I have >>>> seen in the download page at http://www.php.net/downloads.php that >>>> >>>> We do not distribute UNIX/Linux binaries. Most Linux distributions come with PHP >>>> these days. >>>> >>>> What I am wondering is, if I can run my scripts by using the command like php >>>> some_php.php, as long as it does not require me to have it displayed on the web page or in need of >>>> using a mssql_connect function, it does not give me any errors at all. Otherwise, it consistently >>>> gives me errors "Call to undefined function: mysql_connect()...". >>>> >>>> I can only see the HTML code of the php functions I call within the code at the >>>> command output in text format, but I cannot see it on the "browser." >>>> >>>> Are these two errors related? I tried installing PHP and Apache afterwards, but >>>> it seems that it is not providing a different message. Have I missed something here? >>>> >>>> Anything is appreciated. >>>> >>>> Alice >>>> ====================================================== >>>> Alice Wei >>>> MIS 2009 >>>> School of Library and Information Science >>>> Indiana University Bloomington >>>> ajwei@indiana.edu >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > >