PHP wont work

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I have searched the forum for a solution to my PHP problem…

I have installed a fresh opensuse 11.1 system with apache mysql and php5 selected during the installation. However although apache is working and verified by putting http://localhost in my web browser and receibving IT WORKS! msg… I cannot seem to process php scripts.

I have tried placing a phptest.htm file containing the following code in the htdocs folder

<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an HTML line
<p>
<?php
echo “This is a PHP line”;
phpinfo();
?>
</body></html>

and although I get the html line I cannot get the php line.

Does anyone know how I need to adjust or setup php after a fresh install???

Thanks!:stuck_out_tongue:

2

PHP scripts must end in .php even if they are mostly HTML. There is a way to make Apache process .htm or other extensions as PHP, but for now this is the simplest approach.

3

Thanks for your reply… sorry I should have said that when I do change the extension to .php I get an internal error page with Konquerer and a blank page with firefox with it saying beagle is indexing…

4

Did you tried to restart apache in terminal?

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

OR, the maybe mod php for apache is not installed.

5

Hi

Thanks… yes have restarts ./apache2 restart

Then ./apache2 status just to be sure and it is running…

No difference…

6

have also checked apache2-mod_php5 is installed and reinstalled it just to be sure. restarted apache… no difference.

Is there any configuration that needs to be done? I would have thought it would be configured upon installing using yast?

7

Check that php5 is loaded:

/usr/sbin/httpd2 -M

Output should have php5_module in it.

Also look in /var/log/apache2/error_log for clues as to what went wrong.

8

Thanks seems php5 wasnt loaded… have googled and managed to resolve it. Thanks for all your help.

9

There is some good information at

PHP: Installation on Unix systems - Manual

You can get a lot of information about the php installation by using a text editor to enter:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

and saving it as phpinfo.php in the root directory of your web server. Then use your browser to access it at the URL

http://localhost/phpinfo.php

I was surprised at the bewildeing array of information that comes up. I am a newcomer so I don’t understand most of it but maybe I will in time.

I am trying to set up website content management software (Joomla!) on localhost and this was in the book I am following. I am not an expert and don’t understand much of what I am doing so I can’t answer any followup questions you might have.