Simple PHP script fails on local web server

Azul Rondo · 08-07-2009, 11:31 PM

I have a Fedora 11 server that is running Apache and SELinux is set for Apache to "Allow httpd to use built in scripting(usually php)" enabled.

I use this code to call the script in the next window.

PHP Code:


			
<html>

<body>



<form action="welcome.php" method="get">

Name: <input type="text" name="fname" />

Age: <input type="text" name="age" />

<input type="submit" />

</form>



</body>

</html>

PHP Code:


			
<html>

<body>





Welcome <?php echo $_REQUEST["fname"]; ?>!<br />

You are <?php echo $_REQUEST["age"]; ?> years old.

</body>

</html>

When I submit the query the url looks like this
file://///Freekserver.local/html/welcome.php?fname=Rondo&age=40

but the output looks like this

PHP Code:


			
Welcome !

You are years old.

It should include name and age.

What am I missing?

Thanks Rondo

chadl · 08-08-2009, 01:09 AM

You can't use file://, as that does not go through the web server. Use http instead. If you view source of the page, you will notice that the PHP is being shown un-executed, because its not going through apache/php.

Azul Rondo · 08-08-2009, 04:10 AM

Thanks for the quick response Chadl.
As is usually the case, as soon as I ask a question I regret it. It turns out just before I made that post I had activated "Allow Apache scripts to write to public content" in SELinux using the desktop gui and for some reason it didn't take on the first reboot. Now it works.

Thanks again
Rondo