Re: Installing PHP

Jim Giner wrote: > Hi all, > (Hopefully I posted this in a place that can/will help me) > > I got curious about running php / apache on my own laptop in order to help > my devl process, instead of writing, uploading and testing on my site. > > Found a nice pair of docs from "thesitewizard.com" that appeared to be > pretty well-written instructions on installing each of these systems. > btw- > I'm running XpSp2. Chose the Apache 2.0 and PHP 5.2 (thread-safe?) per > the recommendations. > > Went thru all instructions step-by-step, testing all the way. Apache > works - PHP doesn't. When I bring up IE and type in localhost I get the > default apache page as I was told I should see. When I type > "localhost/test.php" I get a windows dialog asking what program should run > the php script. > > In debugging I went to a cmd windows and ran "c:\php\php-cgi test.php" and > got the expected result from my script - so PHP works. > > End result - they each work separately, but php is not working under > apache. > > As part of the docs instructions I added the following code to the apache > conf file: > > 1 - I chose the "configure apache to run php as an apache module. > 2 - added "LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll" as last one of > those lines > 3 - added "AddType application/x-httpd-php .php" as the last of those > lines 4 - added "PHPIniDir "c:/php" as the last line of the conf file. > > Upon adding these lines apache will no longer restart. In fact adding any > ONE of these lines breaks Apache. > > Ideas welcome. > > And for those who still love the USofA, Happy Independence Day! If you are having problems starting apache, the first place to look is your apache error log. Cheers -- David Robley On a radiator repair shop: Best place to take a leak. Today is Sweetmorn, the 40th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3177.