How to enable PHP in Apache 2.2

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1

I’ve read the apache docs and can’t seem to find anything saying how to get PHP “enabled”

Eg I have a file.php but when I browse to it, i just get the source-code instead of the wonderful “hello world” i was expecting lol

2

It’s an optional apache module. Install the apache2-mod_php5 package and any dependencies it pulls in, then add php5 to the /etc/sysconfig/apache2 setting: APACHE_MODULES, then reload apache2.

3

Thanks Ken, question: I installed apache2 from source, would I still use the above procedure, or would i need to re-compile with a --with-xyz option?

4

Why, why, why in gods name do new people always compile things from source.

You do not compile from sources on an RPM distribution because it’ll break things - badly.

5

lol, i had to compile from source in order to get web-dav working!
and what do you mean “new people” ?!

6

webdav has been part of the core functionality since 2.0 I think. You didn’t have to compile anything. If you roll your own, all the sysconfig stuff don’t apply and you are on your own.

7

DAV has been part of the Core package since the dark ages - it’s included with the distro itself as a module in the Apache2 package by default.

/usr/lib/apache2> ls dav
mod_dav.so mod_dav_fs.so mod_dav_lock.so

8

well bugger me
ok, so what you’re saying is “badger, you’re a complete NOOB, don’t ever try to do anything yourself again, you bad bad boy”?

cos i think i agree hehe!!
ok, ill un-install, whack on apache from yast2 instead and try again :wink:

9

Well, so far, everything has gone OK with the RPM install, PHP is working, my photo-album works and so on.

The only problem now is Webdav does not work!
Well, I’m not sure if it’s that, or the Digest authentication. Basically, I try to browse to the Dav folder and the username/password prompt appears as expected but whatever I try, does not work!!

I also downloaded an application called Litmus (which tests dav), provide the credentials and it fails with a 401 authentication error :frowning:

Is there anyone who can help a poor, confused badger noob?

To create the username/password, I used
htdigest2 -c /srv/www/dav/passwordfile dav wwwuser

the folders are:-

**bgrsvrx:/srv/www # ls -l
total 44
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 588 Jul 28 11:08 401error.html
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 570 Jul 28 10:55 403error.html
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 636 Jul 28 11:08 404error.html
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 580 Jul 28 11:09 500error.html
drwxr-xr-x 5 badger_fruit users 4096 Jul 28 17:01 album
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 29 22:58 cgi-bin
drwxrwx— 4 root www 4096 Jul 29 09:57 dav
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 604 Jul 24 13:48 error.html
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 29 21:26 htdocs
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 1313 Jul 28 20:08 index.html
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 28 17:00 php
bgrsvrx:/srv/www #
**

I found a guide Apache Howto WebDAV - openSUSE which I tried to follow but it lost me at " cat <<EOF

Put this into /etc/apache2/conf.d/$davdir.conf:

EOF

cat <<EOF
"

PLEASE HELP!!!

10

WOO YEAH! I have FINALLY sorted it out … how exactly, I am not sure but thanks to the /var/log/apache/error_log I saw that the realm was incorrect …

Digest: user `ausername' in realm `private area' not found: /mydav/

Actions taken:-
Removed the DAV and AUTH folders and followed the instructions I found earlier at Apache Howto WebDAV - openSUSE

There were a few other small changes though:-
1.

htdigest2 $acldir/$davdir $auth_realm  ${user:-user1}

I changed this to

htdigest2 **-c** auth/mydavpwds mydav ausername
  1. from the section:-
 <IfModule mod_dav.c>
 <IfModule mod_dav_fs.c>
         Alias /$davdir /srv/www/$davdir
         <Location /$davdir>
                 DAV On
                 #ForceType text/plain
 
                 Order Deny,Allow
                 Deny from all
 
                 AuthType Digest
                 AuthName "private area"
 
                 AuthDigestFile /srv/www/ACL/$davdir
                 AuthDigestDomain /$davdir/
                 AuthName $auth_realm
 
                 Require valid-user
                 Satisfy Any
         </Location>
 </IfModule>
 </IfModule>

I changed this to

<IfModule mod_dav.c>
	<IfModule mod_dav_fs.c>
		Alias /mydav /srv/www/mydav
		<Location /mydav>
			DAV On
			AuthType Digest
			AuthName dav
 			AuthUserFile /srv/www/auth/mydavpwds
			AuthDigestDomain /mydav/
			Require user ausername
		</Location>
	</IfModule>
</IfModule>

I then chown wwwrun:www all the files in mydav folder, restarted Sunbird and pointed to the dav/Cal.ics file and BINGO, it worked!!

Browsed to the http://…/dav/ via FF and received the username/password prompt, entered them and bish bash bosh, directory listing as expected!!

sigh perhaps I can actually get to sleep tonight … ?