How can I set Apache to recognise .PHP files as PHP4?

[Karl]

All you have to do for linux is change the c:/php3 and c:/php4 to the paths where you installed the versions of php to.

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Karl Austin
KDA Web Services
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[pedro_gb]

How can I set Apache to recognise .PHP files as PHP4? Every time I open the files with a PHP extension it shows me the actual source code instead of the processed file.

[TWTCommish]

This confuses me...the extension for PHP4 files is .php...are you sure you don't mean PHP3; because that one requires files to be named with a .php3 extension?

I could be way off...

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[pedro_gb]

Well, my server (localhost, and that means it is on my computer!) already recognises .php3 files as php3. However, I want to get a script called back-end working on my computer but that requires PHP4. I have already installed PHP4 on my computer but now what I need is the instruction to get Apache to recognise .php files as PHP4. I'm almost sure this will require fiddling about with the httpd.conf file.

[TWTCommish]

Ok, I must be out of my zone here then...



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[Karl]

It is the same set of directives but remove the 3 from them and it should work as long as you have installed PHP3 & 4 to different directories e.g.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">code/font><HR><pre>
ScriptAlias /php3/ "c:/php3/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3
Action application/x-httpd-php3 "/php3/php.exe"

ScriptAlias /php4/ "c:/php4/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php4/php.exe"
[/code]

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Karl Austin
KDA Web Services
"Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film."

[pedro_gb]

I was actually expecting to get a code for Linux, but I'll try this one for Windows anyway.

[Kevin Yank]

The above Windows-specific code for setting up PHP4 on Apache will result in a very slow CGI-based installation.

The complete installation procedure and configuration steps for PHP4 as a loadable module under Apache for Linux (including deinstalling PHP3 and setting up Apache to recognize .php files as PHP4 scripts) are given in Part 1 of my series: Building a Database-Driven Web Site using PHP and MySQL. I highly recommend you use this method.


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-Kevin Yank.
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[This message has been edited by kyank (edited July 04, 2000).]

[pedro_gb]

Thanks!

[Karl]

If anyone else is interested then PHP can be compiled as a module for Apache on Windows as well, it is available from http://www.geocities.com/ro_marius/mod_php4.html , it's not my page, but it is very useful if you don't own a C compiler or don't fancy attempting it - If you do then the site explains compiling it as well (It is well worth the effort to compile it).

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Karl Austin
KDA Web Services
"Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film."