Error 405: Method Not Allowed

[gwinn7]

I am very new to PHP. Here it goes...

I have just installed PHP4 on my WinME machine hosting Apache 1.3 Server with MySQL also running. When open my index.html, the page shows up exactly as expected. When I click 'submit' on the sample order button, an error is returned...

"The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /processorder.php."

The title bar of the browser says...

"405 Method Not Allowed."

The HTML and PHP pages I used are right out of a PHP instructional book, "PHP and MYSQL Web Development".

Does anyone know what could be the problem?

Thanks,
Gary
gwinn7

 

[gwinn7]

Update:

I believe I have resolved my own problem. This error occured due to an insufficient installation. The manual installation instructions needed to be followed.

However, my previous problem has been replaced with a new problem. When I click 'Submit', I hear a ding and the browser seems to hang. It appears that it is trying to open the PHP page, but it just sits there.

Gary
gwinn7