PHP and Apache...strang e things are happening...

richard.bair

Hi! I'm trying to setup up a web page that will eventually be hosted
but I want to develop it locally. It will use PHP to hit a MySQL
database. So I have a local database created. I installed PHP and
Apache. Next I thought I would do some basic PHP tests as I don't know
anything about PHP or Apache. So here is where my snag is.

1) I can execute at the command line:
who@where:/var/www/htdocs$ php -r 'echo "hiya\n";'
hiya

so this seems to work and makes me think PHP is a ok.

2) If I have /var/www/htdocs/my_web/test.php as following:
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
what
<?php echo('hiya\n'); ?>
</body>
</html>

an open test.php in firefox I get nothing at all

3) If I have /var/www/htdocs/my_web/test.php as following:
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
what
<?php echo('<p>hiya\n </p>'); ?>
</body>
</html>

an open test.php in firefox I get:

hiya\n

'); ?>

So forget logging into my database just yet! What am I doing wrong? It
seems PHP is not being processed correctly via Apache but based on the
PHP command line I think the problem is in Apache? Perhaps a missed
configuration? I've been trying to use the tutorial here:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/tutorial.firstpage.php

to get a grasp but I'm in a holding pattern until I can get these
simple examples to work! In addition, I'm currently running my MySQL
database from /var/lib/mysql/my_db...when I go to host this will it be
stored in my main web directory? If so, can I make this db run from
/var/www/htdocs/my_web to simulate this in my local development?

Thanks!

Jul 17 '05 #1

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Ken Robinson

ri**********@re vco.spx.com wrote:

Hi! I'm trying to setup up a web page that will eventually be hosted
but I want to develop it locally. It will use PHP to hit a MySQL
database. So I have a local database created. I installed PHP and
Apache. Next I thought I would do some basic PHP tests as I don't know anything about PHP or Apache. So here is where my snag is.

1) I can execute at the command line:
who@where:/var/www/htdocs$ php -r 'echo "hiya\n";'
hiya

so this seems to work and makes me think PHP is a ok.
All that means is that the command line version of PHP is working, not
that it is interfaced with Apache correctly.

2) If I have /var/www/htdocs/my_web/test.php as following:
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
what
<?php echo('hiya\n'); ?>
</body>
</html>

an open test.php in firefox I get nothing at all

How are you entering the URL into firefox? If you are using the Open
under the file menu that won't work. Enter the URL
'http://localhost/my_web/test.php' which should pull up your page.
3) If I have /var/www/htdocs/my_web/test.php as following:
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
what
<?php echo('<p>hiya\n </p>'); ?>
</body>
</html>

an open test.php in firefox I get:

hiya\n

'); ?>

Same comment as above.

Your first test should be to create a file, named info.php with the
following lines in it:
<?
phpinfo();
?>

And then reference it via the URL <http://localhost/my_web/info.php>

If that works, you're set to go.

Ken

Jul 17 '05 #2

richard.bair

Hmmm. I tried using http://localhost.my_web.test.php with no luck...

Here is more detail of my problem:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...39#post1532539

I think my php.ini configuration is not quite right but I've tried both
php.ini-recommended and php.ini-dist. Magic quotes may be my issue but
the two ini files both activate and deactivate magic quotes and my
results are the same!

Thanks

Jul 17 '05 #3

Brent Palmer

Well for a start as far as I know your address should be
http://localhost/my_web.test.php (don't forget the forward slash)
I would also us names like my_web_test.php instead of "my web.test.php" as
this might bring problems down the track.
Brent Palmer.

<ri**********@r evco.spx.com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. .

Hmmm. I tried using http://localhost.my_web.test.php with no luck...

Here is more detail of my problem:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...39#post1532539

I think my php.ini configuration is not quite right but I've tried both
php.ini-recommended and php.ini-dist. Magic quotes may be my issue but
the two ini files both activate and deactivate magic quotes and my
results are the same!

Thanks

Jul 17 '05 #4

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