Apache2 gives PHP source, won't excuted

Please help -- I can't get PHP scripts to execute. Instead they are
displayed as text / source (or Mozilla/IE want to download them)

Redhat 9, Apache 2.0.48, PHP 4.3.4

My site had been running fine with Apache 2 and PHP 4.2.2 rpms as
distrubuted with RH9. But php-4.2.2 has bugs that were causing
excessive memory use by some php functions, so I needed to upgrade PHP
to 4.3.4. Now after compiling Apache 2.0.48 and PHP 4.3.4, I can't
quite get httpd.conf and php.ini sorted out. (note: I'm also running
Apache 1.3 and PHP on a Windows server -- so I'm not totally inept)

As prescribed by Dan (details below -
http://dan.drydog.com/apache2php.html)
error_log shows "[error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP",
so I began mucking with httpd.conf and php.ini

php.ini has:
include_path =
".:/usr/local/apache/php/includes:/usr/local/pache/php/lib/php"
and propoer doc_root.

If I remove PHP filters from httpd.conf:
<Files *.php>
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>
then I don't get the filter error, but either way Apache serves up the
PHP source instead of executing it.

If I add ScriptAlias for the docroot (ScriptAlias /
"/usr/local/apache/htdocs/") then I get an Internal Server Error
(Premature end of script headers: test.php);

Or if I change this to (ScriptAlias /php/ "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/")
then I get the same script source rather than execute.

Changing again to a subdir (ScriptAlias /somepage/
"/usr/local/apache/htdocs/somepage/"), where site.com/somepage should
just display a particular page of my site, Apache gives me a Forbidden
error (403?), with log error:
[error] [client ...] attempt to invoke directory as script:
/usr/local/apache/htdocs/somepage/

Removing (AddType aplication/x-httpd-php .php .phtml) results in same,
and error-log "[error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP"

I've Googled extensively and read MANY 'difinitive' guides to
installing Apache 2 with mod_php, but no joy.

So I'm totally stumpped. Anybody see the error of my ways?
Thanks in advance
-JAZ-

----- Details -----

BTW I followed http://dan.drydog.com/apache2php.html

For Apache 2.0.48:
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local/apache \
--enable-so \
--enable-cgi \
--enable-info \
--enable-rewrite \
--enable-speling \
--enable-usertrack \
--enable-deflate \
--enable-mime-magic

(I omitted --enable-ssl because I got a compile error)

For PHP 4.3.4:
./configure \
--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs \
--with-mysql \
--prefix=/usr/local/apache/php \
--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache/php \
--enable-track-vars \
--enable-force-cgi-redirect \
--disable-cgi \
--with-zlib \
--with-gettext \
--with-gdbm

Then edited httpd.conf for my site/path/port and added (in various
locations):
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
<Files *.php>
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>

Apache is installed and running fine -- for example a simple
index.html works. And sanity checks show no errors:

# /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -t
Syntax OK

# /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.0.48
Server built: Dec 7 2003 11:26:28

# /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -l
Compiled in modules:
core.c
mod_access.c
mod_auth.c
mod_include.c
mod_deflate.c
mod_log_config.c
mod_env.c
mod_mime_magic.c
mod_usertrack.c
mod_setenvif.c
prefork.c
http_core.c
mod_mime.c
mod_status.c
mod_autoindex.c
mod_asis.c
mod_info.c
mod_cgi.c
mod_negotiation.c
mod_dir.c
mod_imap.c
mod_actions.c
mod_userdir.c
mod_alias.c
mod_rewrite.c
mod_so.c

# /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -V
Server version: Apache/2.0.48
Server built: Dec 7 2003 11:26:28
Server's Module Magic Number: 20020903:4
Architecture: 32-bit
Server compiled with....
-D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/prefork"
-D APR_HAS_SENDFILE
-D APR_HAS_MMAP
-D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled)
-D APR_USE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZE
-D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE
-D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT
-D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD
-D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS
-D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr/local/apache"
-D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/local/apache/bin/suexec"
-D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="logs/httpd.pid"
-D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status"
-D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="logs/accept.lock"
-D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log"
-D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="conf/mime.types"
-D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf"

# /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -S
VirtualHost configuration:
Syntax OK

# telnet localhost 3300
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
HEAD / HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 16:55:18 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.48 (Unix) PHP/4.3.4
Content-Location: index.html.en
Vary: negotiate,accept-language,accept-charset
TCN: choice
Last-Modified: Fri, 04 May 2001 00:01:18 GMT
ETag: "469c-5b0-40446f80;46b2-961-8562af00"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 1456
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Language: en
Expires: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 16:55:18 GMT

Connection closed by foreign host.

----- End of Details -----
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In alt.apache.configuration Jaz <harbell@beerburp.com> wrote:
> As prescribed by Dan (details below -

Did you tryed the standard way as described in the PHP documentation?
Davide

On apache 2.0.48 you only need this lines on httpd.conf

Loadmodule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
Addtype application/x-httpd-php .php
Directoryindex index.php

You don't need this lines:

<Files *.php>
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>

Davide Bianchi <davideyeahsure@onlyforfun.net> forgot to take the
pills and typed:
>In alt.apache.configuration Jaz <harbell@beerburp.com> wrote:
>> As prescribed by Dan (details below -
>
>Did you tryed the standard way as described in the PHP documentation?
>Davide

Yes.

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"jpm" <jperezme@jazzfree.com> forgot to take the pills and typed:
>On apache 2.0.48 you only need this lines on httpd.conf
>
>Loadmodule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
>Addtype application/x-httpd-php .php
>Directoryindex index.php
>
>You don't need this lines:
>
><Files *.php>
> SetOutputFilter PHP
> SetInputFilter PHP
> </Files>
>

Yes, that was outlined in my original post. Again, Apache serves up
the php script as text (as a source file) -- it won't execute it.
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"Jaz" <harbell@beerburp.com> wrote in message
news:t689tvsgddei5oeuo2oqqh73i629dhda6e@4ax.com...
>
> Please help -- I can't get PHP scripts to execute. Instead they are
> displayed as text / source (or Mozilla/IE want to download them)
>
> Redhat 9, Apache 2.0.48, PHP 4.3.4

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php

In step 14 they have a different path for the PHP module...
LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so
while you have...
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

That's the only difference between what you did and what I did, although I
used fewer parameters in my ./configure line.

This is really really obvious but just in case, are you using the correct
PHP start/stop tags?
<?php line; ?> // default
<? line; ?> // I've seen this
<% line; %> // like ASP, seen this too

Can't think of much else... good luck. :)

--
gorf

"gorf" <ask@invalid.com> forgot to take the pills and typed:
>"Jaz" <harbell@beerburp.com> wrote in message
>news:t689tvsgddei5oeuo2oqqh73i629dhda6e@4ax.com.. .
>>
>> Please help -- I can't get PHP scripts to execute. Instead they are
>> displayed as text / source (or Mozilla/IE want to download them)
>>
>> Redhat 9, Apache 2.0.48, PHP 4.3.4
>
>http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php
>
>In step 14 they have a different path for the PHP module...
> LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so
>while you have...
> LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

If libphp4.so didn't exist in /usr/local/apache/modules (e.g.
modules/libphp4.so) then I would get an error upon starting apache,
which I don't. I've seen cases where libphp4.so is created in that
directory, but then the wise thing to do is to copy it into
$ServerRoot/modules directory.

Tho your suggestion has made me notice that php isn't mentioned in any
of my sanity checks. I wonder how to ask httpd if it recognizes php
(besides trying to load a *.php script)

>That's the only difference between what you did and what I did, although I
>used fewer parameters in my ./configure line.
>
>This is really really obvious but just in case, are you using the correct
>PHP start/stop tags?
><?php line; ?> // default
><? line; ?> // I've seen this
><% line; %> // like ASP, seen this too

My simple test.php script ran fine before I upgradded from Apache
2.0.40 and PHP 4.2.2 (rpm's), and my site code/permissions haven't
changed (hundreds of php scripts).

>Can't think of much else... good luck. :)

Thanks!

(Please excuse the 'burp' when replying)

Jaz <harbell@beerburp.com> forgot to take the pills and typed:
>
>Please help -- I can't get PHP scripts to execute. Instead they are
>displayed as text / source (or Mozilla/IE want to download them)
>
>Redhat 9, Apache 2.0.48, PHP 4.3.4

After 3 compiles of Apache & PHP I finally gave up. But the next time
I booted my RH9 box it was working. Hmmm, it may just be that some
process needed a HUP for mod_php4 to work.
-jaz-

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jpm wrote:

> On apache 2.0.48 you only need this lines on httpd.conf
>
> Loadmodule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
> Addtype application/x-httpd-php .php
> Directoryindex index.php
>
> You don't need this lines:
>
> <Files *.php>
> SetOutputFilter PHP
> SetInputFilter PHP
> </Files>
>
>
Have the same Problem. Using the Apache2 shipped with Suse 8.2 Pro.

In my case, the AddType-Line looks like
Addtype application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4

Everytime i call a .php* site, the "Save as..." dialog pops up. I tried
to access the file over telnet. The Header said, what looks correct for me:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:09:53 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.48 (Linux/SuSE)
Last-Modified: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:18:01 GMT
ETag: "448244-71-90431c40"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 113
Connection: close
Content-Type: application/x-httpd-php

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Andi