I am having troubles getting Apache 1.3 and PHP 4 to work on my Debian Woody box.

I edited my httpd.conf, and added the following:
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.cgi index.php
</IfModule>
# And for PHP 4.x, use:
#
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

When I try to run QDig, a PHP script that will build galleries, I get a 500 Internal Server Error.

When I check /var/log/apache/error.log, I see the following:

[Thu Apr 1 10:48:18 2004] [error] (8)Exec format error: exec of /var/www/public_html/qdig/index.php failed
[Thu Apr 1 10:48:18 2004] [error] [client 192.168.0.103] Premature end of script headers: /var/www/public_html/qdig/index.php


My script permissions are 755, and the qdig website doesn't really have any information at all besides "this is a very easy script to use, just put index.php wherever your photos are", I used their step by step guide that basically walks you through this--with no luck.

When I add the following line to httpd.conf:
LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so


I try to restart the server, but it complains that it can't find libphp4.so

I can't find any good documents that really explain installing PHP under Apache (with Debian). I have checked the search function here, and googled for it.

Any hints/suggestions, or pointers to good Debian PHP Apache docs? (I used apt-get install php4)

Check for a modules.conf file under /etc/apache. I can't remember if that was how it was done on Woody, but I know it is on SID (unstable). Also, I'm not sure that is the correct path to libphp4.so. , it may be /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so.

I modified the libphp4.so line, and can reset the server then. But I get the following error when I execute the script (in /var/log/apache/error.log)

[Fri Apr 2 15:00:59 2004] [error] (2)No such file or directory: mod_mime_magic: can't read magic file /etc/apache/share/magic
[Fri Apr 2 15:00:59 2004] [alert] apache: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
[Fri Apr 2 15:00:59 2004] [error] (2)No such file or directory: mod_mime_magic: can't read magic file /etc/apache/share/magic
[Fri Apr 2 15:00:59 2004] [notice] Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) Debian GNU/Linux PHP/4.1.2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 2 15:00:59 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/lib/apache/suexec)
[Fri Apr 2 15:00:59 2004] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem)
[Fri Apr 2 15:01:18 2004] [error] (8)Exec format error: exec of /var/www/public_html/qdig/index.php failed
[Fri Apr 2 15:01:18 2004] [error] [client 192.168.0.103] Premature end of script headers: /var/www/public_html/qdig/index.php


Also, I don't know about the modules.conf file--it isn't in /etc/apache

Thanks for the suggestions (any other info I need to give you?)

Did you install apache using apt-get and which version of apache (1.3 or 2.?)

I think it was installed as just apt-get install apache, but I know that it is 1.3

PHP is definantly 4

Maybe we would be better off getting a fresh copy at this point. Maybe you could purge it from the system and install it again so we know we are working with a clean install. apt-get remove --purge apache then apt-get install apache

OK, I did the purge and reinstall for both apache and php4. I re-edited the httpd.conf file to add the handlers and stuff. I double checked the folder containing the index.php file, and did the following to the folder:

I am still getting the Premature end of script headers error??

Thanks for the help thus far!

I figured out what the deal was...

I was trying to run php as both a module and as cgi...

Thanks for the advice

Good deal, glad you found the problem.

I have the same problem.
I read the threads and not underestand the solution.
Please help me!!!.

Regards, Damián.

Just place the .php file in /var/www/htdocs
It work.

Regards, Damián.