installing php on apache2/windows xp

hello!

i am a newbie and 'am trying to install php 5.0.3 on apache 2.0.52 on
windows xp sp1.

the problem i am getting is whenever i call a .php page in my web
browser e.g. http://localhost/test.php, contents on test.php file are
displayed on web browser, instead on the result. e.g. my test.php file
has:

Today's date is: <? print (date ("M d, Y")); ?>

this whole message is displayed when i call http://localhost/test.php
instead of today;s date.

i am a newbie and don't know much.

i shall greatly appreciate if you can help me out.
thanks for looking,

regards,
siddharth

re: installing php on apache2/windows xp

Sid wrote:[color=blue]
> hello!
>
> i am a newbie and 'am trying to install php 5.0.3 on apache 2.0.52 on
> windows xp sp1.
>
> the problem i am getting is whenever i call a .php page in my web
> browser e.g. http://localhost/test.php, contents on test.php file are
> displayed on web browser, instead on the result. e.g. my test.php file
> has:
>[/color]
Did you tell Apache to use the php_module and what to do with php
extensions ? Is your php.ini correct and in the correct place ?

(See the PHP install readme for details on how to)
HTH
Schraalhans

re: installing php on apache2/windows xp

Sid wrote:[color=blue]
> hello!
>
> i am a newbie and 'am trying to install php 5.0.3 on apache 2.0.52 on
> windows xp sp1.
>[/color]

Save yourself much trouble.
Install XAMPP.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

xampp contains apache, PHP, MySQL, and some other related
open-source packages.

XAMPP is the best solution to developing web content on a Windows
box where the intended target platform for actual hosting is a
Unix host.

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re: installing php on apache2/windows xp

I have installed PHP v5.0.3 and Apache 2.0.53 on my Windows XP system
and am trying to cofigure PHP as a Module. I tried following the
Documentation on PHP.net
(http://us2.php.net/manual/en/install...ws.apache2.php) but I didn't
find the php5apache2.dll as the doc was expecting me to set

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

But there is a php5ts.dll, so I just set the LoadModule ot point ot it.

Now Apache will not start :o(

What am I doing wrong? Please help.

- manzoor

re: installing php on apache2/windows xp

"Rex Karz" wrote:[color=blue]
> Sid wrote:[color=green]
> > hello!
> >
> > i am a newbie and 'am trying to install php 5.0.3 on apache[/color]
> 2.0.52 on[color=green]
> > windows xp sp1.
> >[/color]
>
> Save yourself much trouble.
> Install XAMPP.
> http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
>
> xampp contains apache, PHP, MySQL, and some other related
> open-source packages.
>
> XAMPP is the best solution to developing web content on a
> Windows
> box where the intended target platform for actual hosting is a
>
> Unix host.
>
> --
> The name, "Rex Karz" is a pseudonym. The From: email address
> is a spam trap. Messages sent to that address may cause the
> sender's IP-address to be listed in one or more DNSBls.[/color]

I also recommend using a package. It will save you all the trouble
and isolates you from detail that you really don’t need to know. I
use appserv.

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re: installing php on apache2/windows xp

Thanx.

"appserv" (http://www.appservnetwork.com/) seems like a Windows only
solution. I need to the same on Linux. What would be a comparable
solution there?

- manzoor

re: installing php on apache2/windows xp

"user2718" wrote:[color=blue]
> Thanx.
>
> "appserv" (http://www.appservnetwork.com/) seems like a
> Windows only
> solution. I need to the same on Linux. What would be a
> comparable
> solution there?
>
> - manzoor[/color]

xampp recommended in earlier posts also works for Linux....

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re: installing php on apache2/windows xp

Manzoorul Hassan wrote:[color=blue]
>
> I have installed PHP v5.0.3 and Apache 2.0.53 on my Windows XP system
> and am trying to cofigure PHP as a Module. I tried following the
> Documentation on PHP.net
> (http://us2.php.net/manual/en/install...ws.apache2.php) but I didn't
> find the php5apache2.dll as the doc was expecting me to set
>
> LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
>
> But there is a php5ts.dll, so I just set the LoadModule ot point ot it.
>
> Now Apache will not start :o(
>
> What am I doing wrong? Please help.
>
> - manzoor[/color]

Manzoor,

Why don't you have a php5apache2.dll module? This is the one you need
to load, as per the documentation, and it exists on my system.

Check to ensure you downloaded the correct file.

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