On Sun Nov 25 14:11:55 2001 Antti Tolamo wrote... > >Stan Brown wrote: > >> I'm having a bit of a problem geting php4 to work on my stable + Progeny + >> 2.4 kernel machine. >> >> I have apache installed and woorking from a .deb package. I downloaded and >> compiled php 4.0.6, and all went well. I uncometed thet AddType lines in >> the default /etc/apache/httpd.conf file, and I copied php-ini.dist to >> /usr/local/lib/php.ini (is this correct for Debian?) I did not edit this >> file (should I have?). I stoped and restarted apache. >> >> I had already created a directory for webvcr, which in theroy should have >> working .php files. However when I point my browser to the .php file, it >> just offers to downladit. >> >> What am I doing wrong? > > >Sounds like Apache doesn't recognize PHP at all. > >Either it is defined inccorrectly in apache conf files >, you don't have PHP installed or Apache doesn't >recognize it for some other reasons. > >I had similar problem, but it was corrected by >adding right php definions to files httpd.conf. >and mime.type. I'm not sure what apache >you're using, but in stable apache packages those >files are created and used. However, far as I know they're >only used in Debian. > >Since PHP was installed as a module to apache, I also checked at >httpd.con was the PHP4 enabled after installation from Debian package. >It wasn't and I uncommented the module >in there. >
My present thought is that I have not compiled php4 coreclty. It appears that I may have needed to secify i path to something called "apxs". Problem is I don't seem to have any such thing on my system. Also, I have modifed httpd.conf, but not mime.types. What needs to go in there for php4? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.