Newbie: Apache 2.0.50/Win2K executes PHP 4.3.8 as CGI instead of module?

Hi there,
I can´t get PHP 4.3.8 to work with apache 2.0.50 on Windows 2000.

I followed the instruction that I found on
http://de3.php.net/manual/en/install...ws.apache2.php.
The files php4apache2.dll and php4ts.dll are located in
"C:\Programme\PHP", together with the php.ini.
In the php.ini, I have the entry
==============================
extension_dir = "C:\Programme\PHP".
==============================
In the httpd.conf, I inserted the following entries
==============================
LoadModule php4_module "C:\Programme\PHP\php4apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
PHPIniDir "C:\Programme\PHP"
==============================
When I start apache and go to the apache startup page
(http://localhost:8080 in my case), everything is fine. When I insert
the line
http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/index.php
in the browser, I get an error. In the error log I have the following
entry:

[Sat Sep 18 11:28:52 2004] [error] [client 127.0.0.1]
C:/Programme/Apache/Apache2/cgi-bin/index.php is not executable;
ensure interpreted scripts have "#!" first line
[Sat Sep 18 11:28:52 2004] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (9)Bad file
descriptor: don't know how to spawn child process:
C:/Programme/Apache/Apache2/cgi-bin/index.php
The index.php looks like this:
==============================
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
==============================

When I change the index.php like that
==============================
#!
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
==============================
I get the following error:

[Sat Sep 18 11:25:13 2004] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 193)%1 ist
keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung. : couldn't create child process:
720193: index.php
[Sat Sep 18 11:25:13 2004] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 193)%1 ist
keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung. : couldn't spawn child process:
C:/Programme/Apache/Apache2/cgi-bin/index.php
[Sat Sep 18 11:25:48 2004] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 193)%1 ist
keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung. : couldn't create child process:
720193: index.php
[Sat Sep 18 11:25:48 2004] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (OS 193)%1 ist
keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung. : couldn't spawn child process:
C:/Programme/Apache/Apache2/cgi-bin/index.php

Apparently, apache is trying to execute the index.php as a CGI script
with an external interpreter and not as an apache module. I went
through the documentation of both apache and php, but that wasn´t
successful, maybe because I do not know what I am looking for exactly.
I know that the support of apache2 by PHP is experimental, but I
believe that it should at least work?
Are there any more hints about "hidden" parameters to be set to get
the configuration successfully to work? I posted this message already
on php.windows, but this group seems to be very rarely visited.
Many thanks

Piet <Piet <pit.grinja@gmx.de>> wrote:
> Apparently, apache is trying to execute the index.php as a CGI script
> with an external interpreter and not as an apache module. I went
> through the documentation of both apache and php, but that wasn´t
> successful, maybe because I do not know what I am looking for exactly.
> I know that the support of apache2 by PHP is experimental, but I
> believe that it should at least work?
Everything in cgi-bin is considered as CGI script and therefore handled as
one. Instead, put your PHP scripts in your normal htdocs, where your static
files are and the scripts should work.

--
Simon Stienen <http://dangerouscat.net> <http://slashlife.de>
»What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence,
The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done.«
-- Sherlock Holmes in "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Simon Stienen <simon.stienen@news.slashlife.de> wrote in message news:<saav9c7loz38$.dlg@news.dangerouscat.net>...
> Piet <Piet <pit.grinja@gmx.de>> wrote:
> > Apparently, apache is trying to execute the index.php as a CGI script
> > with an external interpreter and not as an apache module. I went
> > through the documentation of both apache and php, but that wasn´t
> > successful, maybe because I do not know what I am looking for exactly.
> > I know that the support of apache2 by PHP is experimental, but I
> > believe that it should at least work?
> Everything in cgi-bin is considered as CGI script and therefore handled as
> one. Instead, put your PHP scripts in your normal htdocs, where your static
> files are and the scripts should work.
That was the whole mistake...I don´t believe it.
Many thanks
Piet

Make sure that the "DocumentRoot" is set to the below setting in your
Apache config, "httpd.conf".

<Directory />
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>

Make sure that the "DocumentRoot" is set to the below setting in your
Apache config, "httpd.conf".

<Directory />
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>