PHP does not parse .PHP files

[Phong Ho]

I have this problem with PHP that someone might be able to help.

With CLI, I am able to execute my .php files. For example, if I type
"php phpinfo.php" , this works fine on my system.

If I put the phpinfo.php file is in /var/www/html and I try to access
it through the browser, I get the content of the file and not the
execution of the file. Instead of display the info of PHP, I got the
text of the file as:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Why?
Thanks

[Margaret MacDonald]

Phong Ho wrote:

I have this problem with PHP that someone might be able to help.

With CLI, I am able to execute my .php files. For example, if I type
"php phpinfo.php" , this works fine on my system.

If I put the phpinfo.php file is in /var/www/html and I try to access
it through the browser, I get the content of the file and not the
execution of the file. Instead of display the info of PHP, I got the
text of the file as:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Why?
Thanks

Do you have a webserver such as Apache running on the machine where
you expect this to happen? Because it's the webserver, not the
browser, that needs to know about php. The browser only does html.

Margaret
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[steve]

"Phong Ho" wrote:

I have this problem with PHP that someone might be able to help.

With CLI, I am able to execute my .php files. For example, if I type "php phpinfo.php" , this works fine on my system.

If I put the phpinfo.php file is in /var/www/html and I try to access it through the browser, I get the content of the file and not the
execution of the file. Instead of display the info of PHP, I got the text of the file as:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Why?
Thanks

Is that directory in the path of your webserver’s htdocs directory?
CLI is not sensitive to this, but php executed as a webpage is.

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[Pedro Graca]

Phong Ho wrote:

I have this problem with PHP that someone might be able to help.

With CLI, I am able to execute my .php files. For example, if I type
"php phpinfo.php" , this works fine on my system.

If I put the phpinfo.php file is in /var/www/html and I try to access
it through the browser, I get the content of the file and not the
execution of the file. Instead of display the info of PHP, I got the
text of the file as:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Why?

You have to access the file through your /correctly configured/ server

http://localhost/phpinfo.php

and not through the file system

*this does not work*
file:///var/www/html/phpinfo.php
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[Phong Ho]

Let me clarify this. The path of my Apache webserver is at
/var/www/html and I have a .php test file in this directory.

When I try to access to my test file through the browser
using http://localhost/phpinfo.php

I got:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Basically, Apache is sending the .php file without interpreting it
first.

I look at my httpd.conf file, I do have the right setting:

LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml

I suspect Apache fails to load the libphp4.so at startup. How do I
verify that
Apache did load libphp4.so? I believe I have to use ld command but I
am not sure!!

I use Apache 2.0.x and php.4.3.x

Thanks


Pedro Graca <he****@hotpop.com> wrote in message news:<sl*******************@ID-203069.user.uni-berlin.de>...

Phong Ho wrote:

I have this problem with PHP that someone might be able to help.

With CLI, I am able to execute my .php files. For example, if I type
"php phpinfo.php" , this works fine on my system.

If I put the phpinfo.php file is in /var/www/html and I try to access
it through the browser, I get the content of the file and not the
execution of the file. Instead of display the info of PHP, I got the
text of the file as:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Why?

You have to access the file through your /correctly configured/ server

http://localhost/phpinfo.php

and not through the file system

*this does not work*
file:///var/www/html/phpinfo.php

[Anders K. Madsen]

On 20 Jul 2004 22:01:19 -0700
pe********@yahoo.com (Phong Ho) wrote:

Let me clarify this. The path of my Apache webserver is at
/var/www/html and I have a .php test file in this directory.

When I try to access to my test file through the browser
using http://localhost/phpinfo.php

I got:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Basically, Apache is sending the .php file without interpreting it
first.

I look at my httpd.conf file, I do have the right setting:

LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml

I suspect Apache fails to load the libphp4.so at startup. How do I
verify that
Apache did load libphp4.so? I believe I have to use ld command but I
am not sure!!

I use Apache 2.0.x and php.4.3.x

Have you remembered to restart apache after changing the configuration?
If apache can't load the php-module it'll complain at startup I
believe...

Madsen

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[Phong Ho]

Of course, I use apachectl stop, start and restart. Apache does not
complain about anything.
Does anyone have Apache 2.0.x, php.4.3.x and MySQL 4.0.x on Fedora 1.0
to work properly?
Thanks
"Anders K. Madsen" <ma****@lillesvin.linux.dk> wrote in message news:<20040721071319.7eda0008@lapsvin>...

On 20 Jul 2004 22:01:19 -0700
pe********@yahoo.com (Phong Ho) wrote:

Let me clarify this. The path of my Apache webserver is at
/var/www/html and I have a .php test file in this directory.

When I try to access to my test file through the browser
using http://localhost/phpinfo.php

I got:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Basically, Apache is sending the .php file without interpreting it
first.

I look at my httpd.conf file, I do have the right setting:

LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml

I suspect Apache fails to load the libphp4.so at startup. How do I
verify that
Apache did load libphp4.so? I believe I have to use ld command but I
am not sure!!

I use Apache 2.0.x and php.4.3.x

Have you remembered to restart apache after changing the configuration?
If apache can't load the php-module it'll complain at startup I
believe...

Madsen

[Phong Ho]

Fedora uses by default the httpd.conf in /etc/httpd/conf . It does not
use the httpd.conf in /usr/local/apache2/conf as I thought.

"Anders K. Madsen" <ma****@lillesvin.linux.dk> wrote in message news:<20040721071319.7eda0008@lapsvin>...

On 20 Jul 2004 22:01:19 -0700
pe********@yahoo.com (Phong Ho) wrote:

Let me clarify this. The path of my Apache webserver is at
/var/www/html and I have a .php test file in this directory.

When I try to access to my test file through the browser
using http://localhost/phpinfo.php

I got:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Basically, Apache is sending the .php file without interpreting it
first.

I look at my httpd.conf file, I do have the right setting:

LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml

I suspect Apache fails to load the libphp4.so at startup. How do I
verify that
Apache did load libphp4.so? I believe I have to use ld command but I
am not sure!!

I use Apache 2.0.x and php.4.3.x

Have you remembered to restart apache after changing the configuration?
If apache can't load the php-module it'll complain at startup I
believe...

Madsen