Problem with Apache Web Server config file and PHP (please give advice on what problem may be me)

HI:

Can anyone refer me to someone that can help with the problem below.

I installed Apache Web Server on my laptop which has Windows XP. I then installed PHP. I followed the directions in the book I had on installing apache and php and what to add to the apache configuration file.

Here is what is happening: After installing everything, I tested my Apache web server installation first and saw the apache web server page like the book said. Then it said to do a little php program - which had phpinfo() in it. But when I retyped the url I got a message that asked me did I want to download a file, which was the php program file.

The PHP is 4.3.2 and the apache web server is 2.0. What am I doing wrong? Should I use apache 1.3.2?

Please help. I understand everything, just don't know why it is prompting me to download a file.

Thanks.

Karen






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Did you add these lines to http.conf?:
LoadModule php4_module c:/php4/sapi/php4apache.dll
AddModule mod_php4.c
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

If you did, did you restart apache afterwards?


karen santmyer wrote:

> HI:
>
> Can anyone refer me to someone that can help with the problem below.
>
> I installed Apache Web Server on my laptop which has Windows XP. I then installed PHP. I followed the directions in the book I had on installing apache and php and what to add to the apache configuration file.
>
> Here is what is happening: After installing everything, I tested my Apache web server installation first and saw the apache web server page like the book said. Then it said to do a little php program - which had phpinfo() in it. But when I retyped the url I got a message that asked me did I want to download a file, which was the php program file.
>
> The PHP is 4.3.2 and the apache web server is 2.0. What am I doing wrong? Should I use apache 1.3.2?
>
> Please help. I understand everything, just don't know why it is prompting me to download a file.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Karen
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
> SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

It prompts you for downloading the file because Apache doesn't recognize it
as a PHP-file but sends it directly to the browser. The browser then doesn't
find any known extension (.txt, .htm, .html) and prompts for download.

As Marek allready explained, you need to configure Apache to recognize .php
files. Marek sent you the lines you need already. I may add that maybe these
lines need to be different with your Apache version (2), check the
install.txt in your PHP directory for that. You may also need to replace the
directoryname in de config lines for where your PHP is.

Good luck!

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[Win2000 | Apache/1.3.23]
[PHP/4.2.3 | MySQL/3.23.53]

Ivo Fokkema
PHP & MySQL programmer
Leiden University Medical Centre
Netherlands

"Karen Santmyer" <ksantmyer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> HI:
>
> Can anyone refer me to someone that can help with the problem below.
>
> I installed Apache Web Server on my laptop which has Windows XP. I
then installed PHP. I followed the directions in the book I had on
installing apache and php and what to add to the apache configuration file.
>
> Here is what is happening: After installing everything, I tested my
Apache web server installation first and saw the apache web server page like
the book said. Then it said to do a little php program - which had
phpinfo() in it. But when I retyped the url I got a message that asked me
did I want to download a file, which was the php program file.
>
> The PHP is 4.3.2 and the apache web server is 2.0. What am I doing
wrong? Should I use apache 1.3.2?
>
> Please help. I understand everything, just don't know why it is
prompting me to download a file.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Karen
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
> SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!