Problem with PHP and Apache

tony_yum · n00b Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 12 Location: UK

Hi. I've recently done

TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

You are certain you have emerged PHP4, not 5... your config file enables 4..
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markp2000 · n00b Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 41

I don't know if the addtype goes in the /etc/conf.d/apahce2 file. I have mine in the /etc/apache2/conf/commonapache2.conf file.

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nobspangle · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:14 am Post subject:

The addtype and loadmodule simply go in the apache config file it doesn't matter where. However gentoo have provided us with a nice simple way of doing things.

In /etc/apache2/conf/modules.d are several files depending on what extra modules you have installed and what options you compiled apache with, the apache config automatically includes all of these files into the config. If you look in the file 70_mod_php.conf you will see the line <IfDefine PHP4> this means if you start apache with the option -D PHP4 it will include this file in the config. This means you do not have to edit your config files to get php to work you only need to add the -D PHP4 to APACHE2_OPTS in /etc/conf.d/apache2

So in short you have not missed any steps, you have performed too many.

DarkStorm_Inc · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:25 am Post subject:

noob, even w/o the extra steps of adding to the conf it still doesnt work. I have php4 apache2 installed and it doesnt work as you have described... gentoo was nice to do that.. but it doesnt work well imo. Installing a std apache install w/o all the gentoo extras would be better. At least that cant be blamed on gentoo not working right during emerge...

lookinin · Guru Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 486

tony_yum: Have you gotten anywhere with this?

DarkStorm_Inc: Your problem is identical to tony_yum's?

mmschnei · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 6:56 am Post subject:

This might be a stupid suggestion but after adding "-D PHP4" to /etc/conf.d/apache2 have you restarted your apache server?
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truth_bk · n00b Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 13

I have a feeling some of these guys might actually be opening the files straight up on the web broswer.... I dont mean to insult anyone's intelligence, and this might just be me supposing things I shouldn't.... but hey, I saw no one mentioned it above. You have to make sure these php files are "served" by the apache server. You have to make sure you put these in the document root: /var/www/localhost/htdocs (by default) before you open them in your browser!! Make sure you do this, it's the webserver that runs the php code, NOT your broswer.

Anyway, if you do know this, as you might, don't feel insulted by this suggestion!

RikBlankestijn · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:47 pm Post subject:

I had to add apache2 to the USE-flags, and then after re-emerging mod_php. I did: