Apache2 + PHP4 Help

wild_pointer · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

Ok, I've tried this about three times and each time I have the problem where my server doesn't parse php files, it tries to serve them for download.

This is the order in which I've been doing things.

in /etc/make.conf I have:
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
USE="apache2"

emerge apache
emerge mod_php

Then in /etc/conf.d/apache2 I set
APACHE2_OPTS="-D PHP4"

and in apache.conf
LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache2-extramodules/libphp4.so

Actually this is in a directory like /addon/php.conf which is linked in apache.conf [I've since unmerged everything to start over, so sorry if the patthnames are a bit off]

Can someone explain exactly how I should be doing this? I'd like to get my website back up sometime this month

rizzo · Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 8:58 pm Post subject:

Did you run the ebuild ... config command as you were directed at the end of the mod_php ebuild? The libphp4.so is installed in /etc/apache2/extramodules, not /usr/lib/.

danielrm26 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 92

I understand there may be a typo in the /etc/conf.d/apache directions. Try PHP instead of PHP4 and let me know if that works.
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wild_pointer · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

I just finished merging mod_php again, and I see no instruction for an ebuild. I tried /var/db/pkg/dev-php/mod_php-4.3.1-r2/mod_php-4.3.1-r2.ebuild config but got the following error:

/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 292: //usr/sbin/apacheaddmod: No such file or directory.

I tried -D PHP as well, browser still tries to download php files.

giant · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Posts: 107

hmm I just installed apache2 with mod_php and it runs just fine.

From my memory - but I'll look this up at work the php module is not loaded in the main apache.conf.

There is a dir in the conf dir about modules and there should be a file 70php_module something. In this all necessary modules will be loaded.

I post the conf files I use when I am at work.

Word of warning if you pass on php_admin_values in your vhost.conf you will get an error when you check them with apache2 -S but it works just fine.

wild_pointer · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

/etc/apache2/modules.d/70_mod_php.conf has the LoadModule and AddType commands all set for me after installation.

wild_pointer · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

Well it started working... by itself. I copied my /test.php file to it's own directory and renamed it index.php and it loaded as expected. When I tried /test.php again it worked as well.

Thanks all.

danielrm26 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 92

Yeah, very odd. Mine still wasn't working when loading a known php page, but then I created the test.php page and tried it...

It worked.

So I guess it's working now... I know I don't like the 'flaky' feeling that I am getting - it works one minute and not the next.
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dondajp · n00b Joined: 11 Oct 2002 Posts: 7

I just fixed on mine.

after installing apache2 and mod_php do the changes that are mention after the emerge. But the bug is in the file the /etc/apache2/conf/modules.d/70_mod_php.conf

change the first line
<IfDefine PHP>
with the
<IfDefine PHP4>

That should work. if not let me know
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Bruce · n00b Joined: 27 Sep 2002 Posts: 50

After reading the posts on this thread and other similiar threads, I thought I'd put in my 2 cents. I spent 3 days screwing around with apache2 and PHP. I'm knew the modules were loaded because telneting to port 80 and requesting a page would yield the folllowing address:

SeraphWhisper · n00b Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 13

following this thread and screwing around with apache, i think i figured out the secret...
for some reason, php only works after rebooting the whole system...although i have no idea why...
tried the following steps:
1) emerge apache
2) emerge php mod_php
3) added "APACHE_OPTS="-D PHP" to /etc/conf.d/apache2 (to account for the typo in 70_mod_php.conf )
4) rc-update add apache2 default

fired up apache2 and php still refused to work.....reboot once, there you go, magic....
unemerged it all and tried it again.....still doesn't work till i reboot....
*shrug* im completely stumped, but it works....

jaloha · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 12:32 pm Post subject: PHP just starts working?

Apahe has a lot of threads in action. I'm sure that something just needs to be restarted or updates itself after a period of time. That would explain the flaky behavior.

momech · Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 6:06 pm Post subject: err...

Err, i'm a newbie linux admin, BUT:
Could the aswer be that when you start apache with "apache(2)ctl start" it DOES NOT define the "PHP(4)" flag, whereas the init DOES define the "PHP(4)" flag?
That would explain why it suddenly starts working:
After messing around with apache(2)ctl for a lot of time you do a reboot/shutdown and - tada.wav - at boot init starts apache WITH the PHP(4)-flag...?
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