Re: php/apache question(probably stupid)

"Conor McTernan" <bort@netsoc.tcd.ie> wrote in message news:20010713111209.T14597@netsoc.tcd.ie... > > hey all, > > I've been using apache, php and mysql on win32 for a while now, and I have > recently decided to move over to linux *yay*, so i got myself a copy of > Suse 7.1 personal edition. > > i now have linux up and running, but for the life of me I cannot get php > and apache to work. > > i downloaded the sources of both from their respective sites, and I have > managed to compile apache and get it running, and I have also managed to > compile php(i think) but i cannot get apache to parse any of my code. > > i followed the instructions on installing php as a static object, here is > a brief outline of what i have done > > i initially install apache, and get it running, i cannot remember what i > configured it with, but i dont think i configured it with anything > actually. one apache was installed i managed to get the httpd up and > running, *note* I have installed apache in /usr/local/apache, i assumed > that this was the norm. > > i got apache running using the apachectl command, and managed to stop it > as well. > > i now unpacked the php4.0.6 sources, these are the most recent available > from php.net, i unpacked this into a temp dir in my root folder (i dont > know if this is a good or a bad thing?) > > i then followed the instructions in the php install file i configure php > with what i want, e.g. --with-mysql > --with-apache-prefix=/usr/loocal/apache (is this correct, or should it > point to where my apache source code is, in which case it should point to > /root/temp/apache1.3.6/src) > > before i run the make and make install for php i then run the ./configure > on apache again this time enabling the php4 module, i run the ./configure > then i run the make, i now have a httpd binary in my apache1.3.6/src > dir(once again, i'm not really sure if it was here before) so i copy this > to the /usr/local/apache/bin dir, shutting down apache first of course. > > once this is done i compile and install php > > i now copy my php.ini-dist to my /usr/lib dir(i think) and edit my > httpd.conf file > > i now restart apache and fire up a test php page i name my page test.php4, > when i load it in my browser(either konqueror or netscape6) all i get is > my source spat back out at me. > > > i'm guessing that it is just a problem with my httpd.conf, but i have made > the changes that are outlined in the install file. other than that i've no > idea as to what the problem could be. > > any help would be much appreciated. sorry about the length of this mail. > > conor Do you have the following in httpd.conf: # And for PHP 4.x, use: # AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps NB .php NOT .php4 Otherwise consider have php as a DSO then you can rebuild PHP without rebuilding Apache. Peter