[SOLVED] help a newbie with OS X 10.4 php install?

[kristinac]

i'm a web designer who happens to know some code. html? check. css? double check? js? sure... but a developer i never claimed to be. now i'm stuck with a site built in php & mysql and i need to be able to keep it maintained & updated, so i'm trying to get my machine set up with php & mysql, but i'm stuck in php installation/activation. here's where i'm at:

 

i've been following these instructions: http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Apache/Using-Apache-and-PHP-on-Mac-OS-X/

 

apache is enabled and i went into terminal as instructed and edited my httpd.conf file to read as follows:

 

LoadModule php4_module        libexec/httpd/libphp4.so

AddModule mod_php4.c

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

 

i made a php file named info.php with the following script and placed it in /library/webserver/documents/:

 

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

 

but all browsers interpret the file as text, not a web page, so i see the code typed out plain as day, nor does my machine /anywhere/ read the current php site i am supposed to be managing. it will read the html, but not the php.

 

what am i doing wrong?

 

i have also tried putting these files in the user site folders (http://localhost/~myname/info.php)

 

it is worth mentioning that we are running admitmac network at the office here. i dont expect this to be of any interruption, as apache will run html pages locally just fine from my root library webserver folder.

 

 

[kristinac]

okay, so apparently just restarting apache (like all the tutorial websites say to do) isn't enough. i just rebooted my machine and it works.

 

man, newbie mistake.

 

my mom: "it doesn't work!"

me: "is it plugged in?"

mom: "oh, there it goes!"

 

yeah... i can't make fun of her anymore  :-\

[Maq]

Damn MACs...