problems with Apache, PHP, and MySQL :(

[superbrava]

i am running Internet Explorer 5, and i cannot get it to open .php files for one thing, i am running Apache Web Server, and i can get 3 files to open.. one being http://localhost. for one thing, i don't know what i am doing, i just would like to learn php & MySQL because i just bought 2 books costing me almost $100. i've already ran into errors in syntax with my httpd.conf file, and fixed them, but i still cannot get simple scripts like this to work:

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

my browser actually shows the code or shows nothing at all. if anyone has ran into problems before installing Apache Web Server, PHP4, and MySQL, PLEASE!!!!! reply or send me an email: steve-o@aesepia.com . Thanks. =)

Steve @ Aesepia.Web.Solutions (http://www.aesepia.com) -- under construction ....still!

[dhtmlgod]

i dont know PHP (ASP rules ) but i think you would have a better chance of getting this naswered in the php/mysql forum

[Mark T.]

What you should do is open http://localhost. If this page opens, and you configured Apache and PHP right to co-operate, you should see a page displayed with some information about your PHP-settings. If this is not the case, the configuration has went wrong. I don't know much about configurating Apache and PHP, but I can tell you that you can download a full package, containing Apache, PHP and MySQL (together with phpMyAdmin) at Sourceforge. The exact URL is:

http://download.sourceforge.net/phpt...triadsetup.zip

You only need to download and install this package, and you will have a fully PHP-compatible webserver. All you need to then is start Apache and start learning your PHP .

[Adam P.]

hmmmm....

I just installed PHP and MySQL on my computer, so I think I might know what you're doing wrong. First I got a couple questions:

1. Did you install it yourself or did you download PHPdev3?

2. What do you see when you go to http://localhost?

http://localhost should be a list of files in your "www" folder. Then you can open the .php files from there and they should view fine. If you try and open the .php files from the actual "www" folder, it won't work. It's kind of strange. For example, on my computer, I have a file named "index.php" in my "www" folder. If I go to the actual "www" folder and open it, the extension is "C:\phpdev3\www\index.php". But what comes up is either the code or it's blank. But, If I go to "http://localhost" and open "index.php" the extension is "http://localhost/index.php". And it shows up right.

Now remember, I installed PHPdev3, do this might not be the same for you. But I think that it should be somewhat alike. Give it a try.

Hope I help

[weirdbeardmt]

This might be an obvious question, but do you have Apache/PHP running in the background? Whilst you can install, the engine must be running. The same with MySQL. And you also must start the MySQL demon before running the MySQL app.

And if you still have problems, go to www.phpgeek.com

Very very helpful site on the install of PHP.

Furthermore do you have any other webservers running (e.g. WinGate). This would cause a conflict and give you absolutely nothing...

[weirdbeardmt]

Another thought, have you made the necessary modifications to the PHP.ini file to reflect your install?

[Aes]

They are alike.

superbrava, you do have the Apache.exe and the mysqladmin.exe server running on your computer when you're trying this aren't you? If not that's most likely your problem.

Adam, the reason it does that is because Apache.exe is only activated (even if it is running) through http://localhost/, instead of c:\PHPDev3\www\ or whatever (this allows you to browse your harddrive and things w/o Apache.exe interfering with you). When you do use http://localhost/ it simply calls on the Apache.exe interpreter to run and perform the appropriate functions (i.e. displaying information as it would on a web server).

[weirdbeardmt]

And another thing, you need to place your .php files within the htdocs folder...