Where to put index.php (or index.html) on Slackware 11.0

moonguide · 05-08-2007, 04:59 PM

I'm replacing an old web server machine with a not quite as old one. The old machine ran RH 7.0. This one is running Slackware 11.0. I'm still getting used to the differences.

Now that MySQL is running, I'm trying to get php running on Apache. if I drag the file phpinfo.php into Firefox I get a blank pane. The file contains just the following line:

<? phpinfo(); ?>

On the old RH machine that used to print a lot of information to the screen.

I followed the instructions for adding lines to httpd.conf:

LoadModule php4_module libexe/apache/libphp4.so

and

AddModule mod_php4.c

I ran apachectl configtest and got Syntax OK. then I ran rc.httpd restart and got:

/usr/sbin/abachectl restart: httpd restarted

What did I miss?

Also, on the RH machine I had a directory /var/www/html in which I had index.php. If I entered the address of the machine (192.168.0.254) the index.php page was displayed. Now, when I enter that address from a browser on another machine in the house, I get the "Hey, it worked!" page from Apache. There was no directory "html" in /var/www on the Slackware machine. Is Apache on Slackware configured to look somewhere else for an index page?

Thanks.

gibson79 · 05-08-2007, 05:42 PM

It would go in /var/www/htdocs I believe. This is the default location that apache uses.

perfect_circle · 05-08-2007, 06:24 PM

to enable php in apache, go to /etc/apache

Code:

cd /etc/apache

copy either the file php.ini-dist or php.ini-recommended to php.ini

Code:

cp php.ini-dist php.ini

copy mod_php.conf.example to mod_php.conf

Code:

cp mod_php.conf.example mod_php.conf

(mod_php.conf is the file that contains the LoadModule php4_module
and "AddType application/x-httpd-php .php" stuff.

then restart apache:

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.http restart

Apache's root directory is /var/www/htdocs

moonguide · 05-08-2007, 06:35 PM

Thanks. I also checked some of the "Similar Threads" and found out what to look for in httpd.conf.

There is an entry called DocumentRoot. It is indeed set to /var/www/htdocs as the default. I commented out that line and added:

DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"

Then, after restarting Apache, I successfully found the expected index.html page when connecting to the web server from a browser on another machine. Also, the php info page displays the correct information.

Thanks again for the pointer.