phpinfo.php downloads why?

[Lankster]

I installed the php and when I start the localhost/phpinfo.php it whats to download the file?

 

Im missing something guys..

 

 

Can ya drop me a hint?

 

ty

[trq]

Sounds like your server is not configured properly.

 

What server are you using? What steps have you taken to install php and configure the server for its use?

[clown[NOR]]

are you sure you installed everything right? have you also installed apache?

 

i recommend you go to http://www.wampserver.com/ and download wamp5... it has everything... Apache, PHP & MySQL

[john010117]

This is a good tut.

[trq]

The last two responses obviously assume your using windows, and the last also assumes IIS, shudder.

[john010117]

The last two responses obviously assume your using windows, and the last also assumes IIS, shudder.

 

LOL I guess I'm used to using Windows 2k....

[Lankster]

installed the

 

php5.0.4 installer for windows

 

went threw the manual, add some lines in the conf

ScriptAlias /php "c:/server/php/"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"

 

lines in php.ini

extension=php_mysql.dll

extension_dir = "c:\Server\php\ext"

 

 

moved the file libmysql

 

restart apache (a few times now)

 

made the <?php phpinfo(); ?> and saved it as a php

 

open my browser, typed in:

http://localhost/phpinfo.php

 

 

then i get a popup asking if I want to download that file.

 

 

[trq]

I'm sorry, I don't use windows but from what Ive heard, the installer isn't the way to go. Maybe it would be just as easy to setup something like wampserver as suggested?

[Lankster]

I'm sorry, I don't use windows but from what Ive heard, the installer isn't the way to go. Maybe it would be just as easy to setup something like wampserver as suggested?

 

Yep did that one first and nothing worked at all. I get a some error's from apache and sql would not load..

 

So now I start over, apache works, mysql is loading, but php is not...

[yzerman]

you have to configure your apache server on windows to run PHP as a module. It is so much simpler.

 

open C:\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf

 

add these lines to the bottom if they do not exist already (uncomment the right one by removing the #):

 

# For PHP 4 do something like this:

LoadModule php4_module "c:/php/php4apache2.dll"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

 

# For PHP 5 do something like this:

#LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"

#AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

 

# configure the path to php.ini

PHPIniDir "C:/PHP"

 

Restart the server. in the Apache Monitor it should at the bottom of the monitor Apache 2.X.X (Win32) PHP 4.X.X

 

Once this shows up in the apache monitor, you know PHP is running right.

[Lankster]

you have to configure your apache server on windows to run PHP as a module. It is so much simpler.

 

open C:\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf

 

add these lines to the bottom if they do not exist already (uncomment the right one by removing the #):

 

# For PHP 4 do something like this:

LoadModule php4_module "c:/php/php4apache2.dll"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

 

# For PHP 5 do something like this:

#LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"

#AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

 

# configure the path to php.ini

PHPIniDir "C:/PHP"

 

Restart the server. in the Apache Monitor it should at the bottom of the monitor Apache 2.X.X (Win32) PHP 4.X.X

 

Once this shows up in the apache monitor, you know PHP is running right.

 

 

 

yah i had to change it to:

 

#LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"

 

 

If I change it to

#LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"

 

I get this:

ERROR

The requested operation has failed!

 

so I change it to:

#LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"

apache runs..

 

 

Okay it was just one of my type O's ..  in line:AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

I has it like this...:AddType application/x-httpd .php

 

so ty for your time...