Re: PHP attempting to parse non-existent files

Your settings in httpd.conf to convince Apache to use PHP on .html files does not correctly "pass the buck" to the error-handling in Apache... Post your php-related and error-related settings in httpd.conf -- WARNING richard@zend.com address is an endangered species -- Use ceo@l-i-e.com Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Ward <tim.ward@stivesdirect.com> Newsgroups: php.general To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:21 AM Subject: PHP attempting to parse non-existent files > okay, I'll try again. The apache server our site runs on is set up to parse > .html files as php. If you pass a url of a non-existant file to the server > the client gets a php parse error back rather than a 404 error ... > specifically: > pass in > http://www.sitename/fred.html > and you get > Fatal error: Unable to open e:\program files\apache > group\apache\htdocs\dev\maintenance\fred.html in Unknown on line 0 > pass in > http://www.sitename/fred.htm (which apache hasn't been > told to treat as PHP) > and you get the expected 404 error which I am well aware can be trapped in > apache. > > (n.b. http://www.sitename/bill/fred.html where bill is a non > existant > directory, gives the 404 error okay) > > Either this happens to everyone (which apparently it doesn't) or I've got > the configuration wrong somewhere in Apache or PHP. I've trawled through the > on-line documentation for both and haven't found anything relevant. I'm a > programmer not a network or web administrator, but here I'm all there is. > Any ideas what and/or where the problem is? > > Tim Ward > Senior Systems Engineer > > Please refer to the following disclaimer in respect of this message: > http://www.stivesdirect.com/e-mail-disclaimer.html > >