PHP4 Configuration - Build Your Own Database Driven Website by Kevin Yank

[lgomez]

Hello,

I have some doubts about configuring PHP on Apache on my W2KP machine.

On page 11 in the Installation section of the book in line 7 it says that I need to find a file called php.ini-dist in the php folder (in my case C:/php4/).

I don't have that file i my instalation. The files I see are:

php.exe
php.gtk.dll
php_gtk_libglade.dll
php_gtk_sqpane.dll
phpwin.exe
php4isapi.dll
php4ts.dll

Does anyone know what's going on?
Did I install a wrong php package?

Thank you,

[lgomez]

Also on page 8, second paragraph under "Installing MySQL" the book says I need to find a file called my-example.cnf under the mysql installation folder but the only *.cnf files I could find are:

my-huge.cnf
my-large.cnf
my-medium.cnf
my-small.cnf

Is any of these the file I need to copy to my C:\ and rename my.cnf?

Thank you,

[DR_LaRRY_PEpPeR]

first post: sounds like you have a non-standard PHP distro? i'd download the latest Windows binary from here: www.php.net/downloads.php

second post: all those my.cnf's suck IMO. i would just put this in your C:\my.cnf or WINNT\my.ini:

[mysqld]
# Uncomment and change the next line if you installed
# MySQL somewhere other than the default C:/mysql
#basedir=C:/mysql
port=3306
skip-locking
set-variable = table_cache=512
set-variable = thread_cache_size=8
set-variable = wait_timeout=3600

[client]
port=3306
# Here you can put your username and password
# if you want so that you don't have to manually
# enter them when using mysql, mysqldump, etc.
# Uncomment the lines if you do!
#user=<username>
#password=<password>

[mysql]
no-auto-rehash

[mysqldump]
quick

that should be pretty good.

[lgomez]

Thank you! That fixed it.

Now, apache works fine for html/htm files but eventhough I followed, checked and re-checked the instructions in the book by Sitepoint "Build Your Own Database Driven Site Using PHP & MYSQL", every time I try to open a test file called "index.php" the browser opens a "Save" dialog.

That script only contains:

<?php echo(date("l, F ds Y.")); ?>

Do you know what the problem could be?

Thank you,

[JeNNiDeS]

I had the exact same thing happen to me when I tried installing php on my w2k machine a couple of weeks ago, and I'm positive I followed the directions from Kevin Yanks book word for word.

What I ended up doing was starting over from scratch and just following the installation instructions that came with PHP. Don't ask me what I did differently, because I have no idea, but at least it's working now.

[Speed King]

lgomez

Consider yourself lucky, I been ask anyone about that but no one try to help or answer my QQ =\

However now finally I know what to do with "my.cnf" thanks

[lgomez]

Well, you'll find the answer to my PHP-save-dialog in this post:

http://sitepointforums.com/showthrea...0&goto=newpost

Thank you all, everithing seems to work fine now.

[Speed King]

Originally posted by lgomez
Well, you'll find the answer to my PHP-save-dialog in this post:

http://sitepointforums.com/showthrea...0&goto=newpost

Thank you all, everithing seems to work fine now.

Thanks but one of Devshed member help me on that already but I was talking about my.cnf, before DR_LaRRY_PEpPeR answer about that my.cnf situation, I dont know what to do and no one help me until you finally hit it off good. That s why I said thanks =)

[Speed King]

Originally posted by lgomez
Thank you! That fixed it.

Now, apache works fine for html/htm files but eventhough I followed, checked and re-checked the instructions in the book by Sitepoint "Build Your Own Database Driven Site Using PHP & MYSQL", every time I try to open a test file called "index.php" the browser opens a "Save" dialog.

That script only contains:

<?php echo(date("l, F ds Y.")); ?>

Do you know what the problem could be?

Thank you,

I notice that you didnt use space, I dont know if it does affect or not but it is working for me.

Here's my php from same chapter that you use.

<?php

  echo( date("l, F dS Y.") );
?>

Try it =) as I said I dont know if space does affect it or not. Also make sure use big "S" in that PHP code cuz it will work bit different like add some werid number with day date.

[Speed King]

No, it is not space issue, I copy your and it work well on mine. I did have that save dialog problem too until I somehow fix it up and correct one of mistake then it work as normal but I cant remember how I did that =\