LAMP issues

NorCalAl · 01-23-2009, 05:06 PM

I recently installed PHP5, Apache and MySql using Yast2. Since it handles all the install process, I never configured an admin user for MySql and I don't think PHP is working.
I've put a phpinfo() call in several files, including a HTML one where I did get back the html - but not the php info.
So how can I easily check to see if each of the three installs were succemssful?? I'm a relative newbie to Suse, although I've had it installed for close to a year on a server. I just don't use it that much directly. I want to do some web dev and be able to show folks on my laptop what the site will look like.
I've actually done quite a bit of searching to figure out the answers first, but it seems like a lot of the folks answering expect me to know more than I do. Can I check from a command line to see if each is working?
I'm pretty sure apache is running, I'm sure mysql is not (I tried to start mysqladmin and got errors) but it's php that I'm most concerned about right now. I have a small site done, but can't get anything to work because php doesn't seem to be running.
Sorry for the book, but I could really use some help!!!

yancek · 01-23-2009, 07:57 PM

Here's a how to using YaST. It's pretty dated (Suse 9.1) but a lot of the information is useful. Worth checking out anyway. I used it w/Opensuse 10.3.

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/595.html

You aid you were pretty sure apache worked, did you get the IT WORKS message from the index.html file?

Do you have the info.php file containing

Quote:

<?php
phpinfo();?>

in /srv/www/htdocs?

I think it would help if we knew what you have done to get things running?

John VV · 01-23-2009, 10:30 PM

go to this address
http://127.0.0.1
-- or --
localhost

rylan76 · 01-26-2009, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NorCalAl

Can I check from a command line to see if each is working?
I'm pretty sure apache is running, I'm sure mysql is not (I tried to start mysqladmin and got errors) but it's php that I'm most concerned about right now. I have a small site done, but can't get anything to work because php doesn't seem to be running.
Sorry for the book, but I could really use some help!!!

Hmm how did you check if apache is working? Surfed to 127.0.0.1 ?

From the commandline, you can check for apache using

Code:

ps -A | grep httpd

if you see something like this

Code:

[rylan@development ~]$ ps -A | grep httpd
 1975 ?        00:00:00 httpd
 1977 ?        00:00:19 httpd
 1978 ?        00:00:09 httpd
 1979 ?        00:00:21 httpd
 1980 ?        00:00:22 httpd
 1981 ?        00:00:14 httpd
 2287 ?        00:00:20 httpd
 2292 ?        00:00:18 httpd
26877 ?        00:00:13 httpd
26878 ?        00:00:05 httpd
26879 ?        00:00:13 httpd
[rylan@development ~]$

it means Apache is definitely working.

From the commandline, to check for MySQL do:

Code:

ps -A | grep mysql

if you see something like this

Code:

[rylan@development ~]$ ps -A | grep mysql
 1953 ?        00:00:00 mysqld_safe
 1974 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1982 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1983 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1984 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1985 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1986 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1998 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1999 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 2000 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 2001 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
27704 ?        00:00:02 mysqlcc
27705 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
[rylan@development ~]$

that means that MySQL is working.

What I'd really recommend to you is that you download, compile, and install all three these packages yourself. I've installed some other distros a few times (old RedHat 6.0, 9.0, FC3 and FC6) and in each of them so far the "stock" or package-supplied (i. e. "yasted") LAMP setups were totally broken, or installed obscurely and hard to configure. I do exactly what you do (e.g. host a machine that serves PHP pages for in-house PHP and dynamic website development) and I found that I had much more control (ok - it was the only way I could get ANYTHING to work too!) if I downloaded and compiled / installed the packages myself.

John VV · 01-26-2009, 10:47 AM

the rpm's for fedora (apache,php,mysql) will set up a working "default" system . but with files scattered through out the system ( a pain to configure) . i like to build and install everything in a "www" folder
/opt/www/apache
/opt/www/apache/http/( my CMS -- Geeklog)
/opt/www/php
/opt/www/phpMyAdmin
/opt/www/mysql

this way everything is in one place .Also building and installing by hand you WILL learn the inner workings of the software .
THEN after you get a good working knowledge of the insides of apache and mysql ,then take the easy way and install the rpm's, .deb ,... files

NorCalAl · 01-27-2009, 07:49 AM

Sigh - and this is why I know I'm still a noob. Forgot to start the apache service. I agree that doing it all myself is much more informative and I'd learn more. In order to accomplish the task at hand, however, it pays to speed things up (and not completely hose my suse install). I have installed php, apache and mysql on another box where it all worked right off the bat and I could not figure out why it was different.

Cause I forgot to start the dang apache service.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

John VV · 01-27-2009, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Cause I forgot to start the dang apache service.

well you had a " I should have had a V8" moment , as you hit your forehead .This happens all the time , even to the MOST experienced people .