Slackware and PHP
 

Hi guys ! :)

Well, i have a problem with PHP,, i just started learning the PHP script, i installed slackware 10.1 (recently bought the CDs from the slackware store to support this great distro :) ), and started the MySQL database server (that was kinda easy), but (yeah, big monster BUT), when i typed the script to test the PHP installation and then opened in the web browser, nothing happened.

:confused: Wonder if the PHP is correctly installed :confused:

I read the php manual, but i didn't understand it, because the PHP that cames with slack 10.1 is already installed, i tested the script but it only displays the script without the <? php .... ?> tags

Wonder if i'm doing something wrong, or does php is not initialized.

Here are my script....

------------- Script phpinfo() ------------------
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
-----------------------------------------------------

Well i will continue reading to see what i'm doing wrong. :study:

Edit /etc/apache/httpd.conf and uncomment this line near the bottom :
Include /etc/apache/mod_php.conf

You may want to edit the DirectoryIndex line as well like :
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.htm index.xhtml

Did you access it via apache? Can you see a request being made in the access_log?

ok, i edited those lines in the httpd.conf, but nothing happened. :(

Access via apache ?? How ??

Restart apache:

/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart

Then point your browser to the php script.

well just stick

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

in a file called ... test.php, and stick it in /var/www/htdocs/
restart apache
apachectl restart

and access it via
http://localhost/test.php

If it doesn't work, then you can see why in the apache logs
/var/log/apache/error_log

Thanks guys, you helped me a lot, i solved the problem, i just chenged the directory in the line of DirectoryRoot to the directory that has the PhP scripts that i'm programming (i'm just starting with PhP).

Well guys, thanks a lot, take care.