Hello,
I have installed Suse 10.1 and have problem with PHP.
First problem was that every time I have tried to open php file located in /stv/www/htdocs, browser asked to download the file.
This means that Suse installed Apache with PHP in the wrong way.
I have added to /etc/apache2/loadmodule.conf following entry:

LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/mod_php5.so

Additionally I have added this entry:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

to /etc/apache2/mod_mime-defaults.conf

I restarted Apache Server.
Now, when try to open this php file in my browser:

<php?
print("PHP works fine");
?>

in the status bar I see information DONE, but screen is empty.
What Can be wrong?
Why Suse has not installed everything correctly? With Fedora I hadn't this problem. Everything installed worked fine.

Could anybody give me some ideas what can be wrong or what to do?

regards
Rafal

The question that came to my mind straight away was "have you double-checked that PHP is actually installed?"

In particular what caught my eye was the config stuff you did -- if PHP was installed using Suse's installer, it should have configured the module etc itself, so you shouldn't have needed to do that. That implies to me that PHP isn't installed.

I haven't tried 10.1 yet, but in other recent versions of Suse, PHP wasn't always included as part of the default installation, so check what's installed using Yast. Then it should be a simple matter of ticking the appropriate packages, and you should be all set.


If it isn't that, then I'm afraid I don't know. But I hope that helps.

All the best.

Why are you changing the Apache configuration outside of YaST?
Keep it easy and secure and change in YaST with Network Services -> http-server -> modules and just enable PHP4 or PHP5.

Rafal,

First off, see if php is installed - create a file containing this:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

and save it as phpinfo.php in stv/www/htdocs, then try to open it with firefox. If PHP is installed properly, it will display a complete graphical report on your PHP installation. If it doesn't display the report, PHP is not installed correctly. To install, or check installation, Open Yast, then select / software / software management. In the search window on the left, type in PHP5 and click the search button. There will be a pretty long list returned on the right, but the top two options are the ones you are concerned with; they should be at the top of the list:
apache2-mod_php5 and
PHP5

They should both be checked already indicating that they are already installed. If either of them are not checked, check the uncheck one, or both if both are unchecked, and click the accept button at the bottom right to install the packages. Then try the phpinfo.php file in your browser again. This should get php going for you.

Mike

Hello !


Thank you for advice!

I know where was a problem.

This is correct code which works fine now:
<?php
print("PHP works fine");
?>

...and before I tried with this code:
<php?
print("PHP works fine");
?>


After I have installed SuSe 10.1 I have faced following problems with Apache:

1) I couldn't start apache with command apache2ctl start because of the error (file include.conf not found)
SOLUTION:
I have commented this line in config file
#Include /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/include.conf

2) Second problem was with php (described before --- I couldn't open *.php file in browser, every time I was asked to download it)
SOLUTION:
SUSE installed Apache with PHP but config files were wrong.
In loadmodule.conf I have added this line:
LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/mod_php5.so

.. and in mod_mime-defaults.conf this line:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

This line informs Apache about new type with extension *.php (this was a reason why browser asked me to download file, *.php file was unknown for Apache)

I have also made mistake in code and instead of '<?php' I had '<php?' , but after I have corrected it, I was able to execute this simple PHP code.

I hope my explanation can be helpful for everybody who faced similar problem.

regards
Rafal