apache2 + php for phpBB

[lethe]

Hi Kids.

I'm trying to install a phpBB forum (like this one!) with little or no knowledge. I emerged phpBB, started apache, and don't know what to do next. The phpBB website says everything gets done from some configuration page through a webbrowser, but I can't get to that page.

When I go to http://myhostname/phpBB/ (is this the right place to go? The documentation didn't say, but it seems like a good guess), I don't see a forum page, instead I see a bunch of unrendered php code. I have the impression that I just have to switch some flag somewhere for apache to tell it to execute php code, instead of serving the text. But I'm not really sure. And if that is right, then where to I turn this flag?

thanks for the help.

[lethe]

I put a line like

[lethe]

So the directions found in the php/apache documentation don't quite work with the gentoo setup. To turn-on php/apache, you have to edit /etc/conf.d/apache2 and add something like

[Lousie_Louie]

Are you trying to get php4, or php5? I tried adding that line (after emerging php) and I still get back pages of ugly code. (I know it's ugly, cuz I wrote it!)