Problem showing PHP 1

[richvalve]

A simple one I know, but we all have to start somewhere!

I'm using Apache, which is running fine. But I can't see my PHP pages. I put them in the htdocs folder and name them .php files, but I see nothing when I goto localhost!

I wondered if anyone had had this problem or can help.

Many thanks in advance

Rich

 

[danielhozac]

Do you get any errors when you try and access your site? //Daniel

 

[richvalve]

When I try to access the php info... I just get the text doc

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Saying this

I've tried 'hello world' style php pages and this just appear as a blank page. It doesn't give me errors.

 

[danielhozac]

Have you setup Apache to execute the PHP scripts as PHP scripts and not text files? //Daniel

 

[richvalve]

Yeah..... I think

I did this by typing this in the httpd.conf file

AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml .php .php3 .php4
AddType aplication/x-httpd-php-source .phps

ScriptAlias /php/ &quot;c:/php/&quot;
Action application/x-httpd-php &quot;/php/php.exe&quot;

 

[danielhozac]

Since you are using Apache, you _should_ use the module version of PHP as the CGI version is known to have some problems. Read the installation instructions for installing PHP as an Apache module here:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php.

It is also available in the INSTALL file in the PHP directory. //Daniel

 

[richvalve]

Thanks for you help

I found this excellent tutorial and now have PHP and MySql running with Win 98.

I recommend this tutorial for any beginners in PHP like me stuggling to get it working!

http://internetmaster.com/installtutorial/