Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Ben Bettin
Everyone else seems to be pointing you to config files and making things more complicated than what it really is. I get the impression this would be your first time setting up a webserver and whatnot. If you're like me when I did it for the first time, things could be a little overwhelming. In D

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 20 December 2004 7:36 am, Rob Clack wrote: > I'm trying to learn php and have written the first script from the > book I've bought, but when I try to open it with Mozilla (1.7.3 under > Debian linux) it doesn't recognise the .php extension so prompts for > the application to use to ope

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Rob Clack
Thanks to both who responded and I now have a much clearer idea of how it's all supposed to work. The key bit to this particular problem was restarting apache, then webserver to php (libapache_mod-php4). You can then place your .php files into the /var/www/ directory which is where apache defa

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:36:50 +, Rob Clack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to learn php and have written the first script from the book > I've bought, but when I try to open it with Mozilla (1.7.3 under Debian > linux) it doesn't recognise the .php extension so prompts for the > applicat

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Ben Bettin
(note: I accidently replied to Rob's email, so I'm resending this to the list) I could be wrong but I don't believe Mozilla can understand PHP, which would explain your problem. The following explanation is probably over simplified and not 100% technically accurate, but it'll give you the idea o

configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Rob Clack
I'm trying to learn php and have written the first script from the book I've bought, but when I try to open it with Mozilla (1.7.3 under Debian linux) it doesn't recognise the .php extension so prompts for the application to use to open the file. I assume there's a configuration option I've no