Re: PHP4/Apache: .php files OK, <?php fails

Thanks to everyone who replied. Adding the .htm and .html extensions to the AddType line for x-httpd-php did the trick. It's working now. This would be a good thing to add to the INSTALL file that comes with PHP 4.0.4 and also the online PHP FAQ. They both mention the AddType line but only suggest the PHP-specific extensions like .php and .php3. I guess it's obvious now, but for a first-time Linux/Apache/PHP installer it sure had me going for a while. The annotated online PHP manual at www.php.net/manual/introduction.php has a comment by jwatt@email.unc.edu saying you need to have 2 lines: AddType text/html .html AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html but I found this did not work. After adding the first line for the text/html MIME type, I got a parse error from PHP for the first line of index.html. If I take out the first AddType line so there is no explicit extension mapping for text/html, it all works. Very strange! Well, what the heck, it's working. Thanks everyone! Terry McKiernan Ugly Software On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Nat Sakimura wrote: > That's what I am pointing out. > > Either > > (1) Change the extention from .htm to .php > > or > > (2) add .htm to AddType application/x-httpd-php line > in httpd.conf so that .htm extention will actually be > processed by mod_php. > > Regards, > > Nat Sakimura > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bill" <bmoore@mooreinternet.com> > To: "Nat Sakimura" <sakimura@gosoudan.com> > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 12:39 AM > Subject: Re: [PHP-INST] PHP4/Apache: .php files OK, <?php > fails > > > > In your .htm file you have php inline code. Therefore if > you wish it to be > > processed by the php interpreter, you must change the > extension name from > > .htm to .php > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Bill Moore > > http://www.biz-webhost.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nat Sakimura" <sakimura@gosoudan.com> > > To: "The Big Ugly" <terry@uglysoftware.com> > > Cc: <php-install@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 9:28 AM > > Subject: Re: [PHP-INST] PHP4/Apache: .php files OK, <?php > fails > > > > > > > I am not sure if I am getting it correctly, but > > > what you have to do probably is to write the page > > > with .php extention or to add the .htm to > > > AddType application/x-httpd-php > > > line in httpd.conf . > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Nat Sakimura > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "The Big Ugly" <terry@uglysoftware.com> > > > To: <php-install@lists.php.net> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 8:13 PM > > > Subject: Re: [PHP-INST] PHP4/Apache: .php files OK, > <?php > > > fails > > > > > > > > > > Sorry to reply to my own post, but if anyone wants to > take > > > a look at my > > > > web site, the problem code is demonstrated on the main > > > page: > > > > > > > > http://www.uglysoftware.com > > > > > > > > There's an inline script, which does nothing, and a > link > > > to a separate > > > > .php file, which works correctly. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > > > > > Terry McKiernan > > > > Ugly Software > > > > > > > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, The Big Ugly wrote: > > > > > > > > > I just installed PHP 4.0.4 on Apache 1.3.14 running > on > > > RH Linux 7.0 (i386) > > > > > and it's all looking pretty good, except that the > inline > > > <?php tags don't > > > > > work. A file ending in .php is recognized just fine > by > > > Apache and > > > > > executed properly. > > > > > > > > > > That is, if I write a little PHP script and put it > in a > > > file with > > > > > extension .php, and load that into my browser, then > it > > > runs just like it > > > > > should. > > > > > > > > > > If I have an HTML file with some of what I'll call > > > "inline" PHP, using the > > > > > <?php ?> construct, the server & browser completely > > > ignore it. I can view > > > > > the page source and see the PHP code; it is just > getting > > > ignored as if it > > > > > were an unknown HTML tag. > > > > > > > > > > For example, this (test1.htm) does not work: > > > > > > > > > > <html> > > > > > <head><title>Inline PHP</title><head> > > > > > <body> > > > > > Some stuff before the PHP<br> > > > > > <?php echo("a line printed by PHP"); ?><br> > > > > > </body> > > > > > </html> > > > > > > > > > > All I get in the browser is the "Some stuff before > the > > > PHP" line. > > > > > > > > > > This, on the other hand, does work when saved as > > > test2.php and loaded > > > > > into the browser: > > > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > $html = <<<ENDH > > > > > <html> > > > > > <head><title>PHP from Script</title></head> > > > > > <body> > > > > > <h1>Groovy PHP</h1> > > > > > </body> > > > > > </html> > > > > > ENDH; > > > > > echo $html; > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I'm mystified. PHP and Apache seem to be > talking > > > together to some > > > > > extent, since the .php files work. Is there > something I > > > need to do to > > > > > enable the <?php ?> tags? I have tried the short <? > ?> > > > and long <script > > > > > language="php"> variations with the same results. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > > > > > > > Terry McKiernan > > > > > Ugly Software > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > php-install-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > php-install-help@lists.php.net > > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > php-install-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > php-install-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > >