I just installed apache and php on my Redhat 7.1. Both worked independently.

In fact, I can feed a test.php file on my URL and it will display properly:
http://localhost/test.php
However, My little apache does not parse php code embeded in HTML correctly.

I saw on the web that it I need to enable the PHP module on the apache by
feeding the arguement on the command line as I start apache:
httpd start -DHAVE_PHP

However, when I done that, I have encounter the following error message:

usr/sbin/> httpd restart -DHAVE_PHP
Syntax error on line 254 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/mod_php.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_php.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


and line 254 is the following:

253: <IfDefine HAVE_PHP>
254: LoadModule php_module modules/mod_php.so
255: </IfDefine>

and no, I don't have mod_php.so on my computer.

Is this the reason why my PHP is not working? am I suppose to find mod_php.so somewhere(which I have tried very hard and having no result)

Thanks in advance

Harvey H. King

I figure it out!!!

it turned out that mod_php.so is corresponding to an older version of php module (version 2.0). Most of the recent distribution is equippted with mod_php4.so, which is more or less backward compatible with php 2.0

So, for those who are using Redhat and having problem to get PHP working on apache, all one need to do is to start apache with the arguement to start php4:

httpd start -DHAVE_PHP4

everything will work wonderfully...

ohh, one more thing. Redhat's default set up dictates that PHP does *NOT* parse the .html file. It will parse .phtml .shtml extention files. So, if any of you guys having problem get the php to work, then, rename it to .phtml and see... either that, or change the httpd.conf file.

good luck