[oclug] Help with php and Apache

Dave O'Neill dave at nexus.carleton.ca
Sat Apr 14 19:27:36 EDT 2001


On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, tom wrote:

:  when I call it with lynx: lynx localhost/test.php  I get just the "This is
:  a test", I have tried to change the httpd.conf file to include the line:
:  AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
:  but then I get a request to down-load the page. I know it is something
:  simple but I can not seem to find it in any off the docs.

AddType only sets the correct MIME-type for that extension.  You need to
enable mod_php by adding:

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
AddModule  mod_php4.c

to your httpd.conf and restarting Apache. (assuming, of course, that
you've properly built and installed PHP4)

-dave0
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