PHP and Apache

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1

I have set up an apache web server and am trying to get php to work. however, when i go to the url of the php document in my browser it just comes up asking me where i want to download the file to. please help :smiley: thanx

2

Naturally the first thing to ask is - have you installed php5 and php apache module, mainly the apache2-mod_php5 package.

3

And the next thing to ask is if you have added php5 to the list in APACHE_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/apache2.

I assume that the Apache and PHP packages are from OpenSUSE. Things get more complex if you try to install your own from upstream packages.

4

what does

rpm -qa | grep apache && rpm -qa | grep php

give back?

5

yes theyā€™re both installed :S and rpm -qa | grep apache && rpm -qa | grep php returnsā€¦

apache2-mod_perl-2.0.3-54
apache2-example-pages-2.2.4-70.4
ant-apache-bsf-1.7.0-37
apache2-2.2.4-70.4
apache2-mod_php5-5.2.5-8.1
ant-apache-log4j-1.7.0-37
apache2-mod_mono-1.2.5-22
apache2-devel-2.2.4-70.4
ant-apache-regexp-1.7.0-37
ant-apache-bcel-1.7.0-37
apache2-prefork-2.2.4-70.4
apache2-doc-2.2.4-70.4
ant-apache-resolver-1.7.0-37
ant-apache-oro-1.7.0-37
apache2-utils-2.2.4-70.4
apache2-mod_python-3.3.1-53
php5-pdo-5.2.5-8.1
php5-hash-5.2.5-8.1
php5-xmlreader-5.2.5-8.1
php5-dom-5.2.5-8.1
apache2-mod_php5-5.2.5-8.1
php5-tokenizer-5.2.5-8.1
php5-iconv-5.2.5-8.1
php5-sqlite-5.2.5-8.1
php5-ctype-5.2.5-8.1
php5-xmlwriter-5.2.5-8.1
php5-json-5.2.5-8.1
php5-mysql-5.2.5-8.1
php5-5.2.5-8.1

6

What does

/usr/sbin/httpd2 -M | grep php5

output?

7

/usr/sbin/httpd2 -M | grep php5 gives:

[Sat Jun 14 17:15:37 2008] [crit] Failed to remove dashboard file ā€˜/tmp/mod_mono_dashboard_XXGLOBAL_1ā€™, further actions impossible. Operation not permitted
Loaded Modules:
core_module (static)
mpm_prefork_module (static)
http_module (static)
so_module (static)
authz_host_module (shared)
actions_module (shared)
alias_module (shared)
auth_basic_module (shared)
authz_groupfile_module (shared)
authn_file_module (shared)
authz_user_module (shared)
autoindex_module (shared)
cgi_module (shared)
dir_module (shared)
include_module (shared)
log_config_module (shared)
mime_module (shared)
negotiation_module (shared)
setenvif_module (shared)
status_module (shared)
userdir_module (shared)
asis_module (shared)
imagemap_module (shared)
perl_module (shared)
python_module (shared)
authz_default_module (shared)
mono_module (shared)
Syntax OK

8

php5 module isnā€™t being loaded.

Edit /etc/sysconfig/apache2, find a line called APACHE_MODULES=ā€œblah blahā€ and add php5 to the end of it, inside the quotes - make sure you donā€™t edit the line with # in front of it.

After that issue rcapache2 restart

9 

$ a2enmod php5
$ rcapache2 restart
10

Iā€™ve tried everything that has been suggested so far and it still isnā€™t working :frowning: has anyone got any other suggestions please? :slight_smile:

11

What kind of php app or page are you trying to get to?

Can you do:

grep ā€˜<?ā€™ phpfile.php

Why? Because by default suse has short tags turned off. If you are trying to do a phpinfo or something that is:

<?
phpinfo();
?>

It will not work. Although then I think you just get a blank page.

12

Does

/usr/sbin/httpd2 -M 2>&1 | grep php5

return anything now?

13

Iā€™m having the same problems

/usr/sbin/httpd2 -M 2>&1 | grep php5

returns nothing

Iā€™ve checked php5 is in the list of modules in /etc/sysconfig/apache2 and restarted apache2

The php module is not showing up in /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/loadmodule.conf at this point should it? It tells me not to edit that file but to edit the /etc/sysconfig/apache2

my index.php file consists of

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Iā€™ve even tried adding AddType application/x-httpd-php .php into the virtual host (I couldnā€™t work out where those were specified - Iā€™m used to RedHat systems with everything in the httpd.conf file), but when I go to the server root it just asks me were I want to save index.php

14

sebcrump wrote:
> Iā€™m having the same problems
>
>> /usr/sbin/httpd2 -M 2>&1 | grep php5
>
> returns nothing
>
> Iā€™ve checked php5 is in the list of modules in /etc/sysconfig/apache2
> and restarted apache2

Ah - try rcapache2 restart

It re-reads the sysconfig stuff - a normal restart does not

BTDTGTTS

ā€“
Clive

15

I tried restarting it every way I knew including that one from a post above.

OK - UPDATE -

I have now downgraded PHP to 5.1.2 by re-installing from the original novell online repository and it all works!

I think the problem may have related to the rpm of php5.2.6 (origin unknown) run by my colleague setting up the server

However, Iā€™m not particularly happy running this old version that I think has a few security problems with it. So how do I upgrade it to 5.2.6? or should I start a new thread for that :slight_smile:

16

Index of /repositories/server:/php/openSUSE_10.3

Contains 5.2.6 - with the assumption that youā€™re running 10.3.

17

Yeah that would mess things up. Non-SUSE packages would not benefit from the sysconfig settings in /etc/sysconfig/apache2; you would have to edit the Apache config files yourself. You donā€™t really want to go there, installing non-SUSE packages. You should be able to get the latest version from an OpenSUSE repository.

Sometimes Novell back patches the source but doesnā€™t bump the minor version number so as not to break package dependencies. But the bug is nevertheless fixed.