Quoting Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 10:36:06PM -0400, Jeff Maxson wrote: > > > > so, in attempts to learn some things, I want to get the seemingly > standard > > apache/php/mysql trio on my box all playing nicely. I now have mysql > on > > pretty peachy, and apache seems to spew out the html documents I want. > I > > have apt-got php4 and php4-mysql and a couple other things as well. > > However, if I try to get my apache server to serve up a php file, all > the > > browsers I've tried pop-up a "file save as" screen wanting me to > download > > this file. I believe there is something goofy in my > > /etc/apache/httpd.conf file in that I am not loading some modules > the > > right way. > > > > To get this working, > > 1) which modules need to be loaded for apache to work like it should > with > > php? > > 2) once the proper changes are made to the httpd.conf file, how do I > > "activate" my changes? > > apachectl restart > > > 3) is the problem not in the httpd.conf file? > > 4) is there something I need to apt-get that would have configured > this > > correctly "out-of-the-box" (during the apt-getting installation?) > > Shouldn't. Both the potato and woody versions I have used worked > directly out of the box after I restarted apache. > >
I have had this after a manual edit on my httpd.conf file. Make sure that the DirectoryIndex line includes index.php3 and index.php entries. example: <IfModule mod_dir.c> DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm manual.html index.shtml index.cgi index.php3 index.php </IfModule> -- Bill C.R.E.A.M. Dark Angel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]