Re: Newbie help - getting PHP 5.2.0 to work with Apache 2.2.4 on Windows Server 2003

[Sean Madden <seanmadden@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With apache 2.2.4 there's an additional file you have to edit.

Simply add the following lines to conf/mime.types

application/x-httpd-php	php
application/x-httpd-php-source	phps

And you should be fine.

Bryan Garmon wrote:
> I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out what is wrong with my web 
> server configuration.
>
> This is a new server build with with no previous PHP or Apache 
> installations on the server.
>
> I'm downloaded and installed Apache 2.2.4 then downloaded the PHP 5.2.0 
> Zip Package Windows Binaries from http://us3.php.net/downloads.php
>
> I followed step by step the manual installation process for PHP 5.2.0 
> using the installation instructions found here:
>
> http://us3.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php
>
> then being new to .php I visited:
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/tutorial.firstpage.php
>
> When I try to open the .PHP file referenced in example 1, directly on 
> the server using
> Internet Explorer 7, the IE file download wizard dialog box pops up and 
> prompts me to either "open or save" the file, I choose "open," and 
> instead of opening, the same dialog box pops back up. It's an infinite 
> loop until I choose cancel.
>
> Why is IE 7 not able to open the file?
>
> So I installed Firefox 2 on the server and the php example file loads 
> properly.
>
> So PHP is working right? I'm not quite sure. So I follow Example 2-2:
>
> <?php phpinfo(); ?>
>
> The behavior is the same in IE7 with the dialog box just looping, but in 
> Firefox I end up with a blank screen trying to load the phpinfo.
>
> So Looking at the PHP FAQ 
> http://us3.php.net/manual/en/faq.installation.php#faq.installation.blankscreen 
>
>
> It tells me something is wrong with the server configuration (not 
> exactly helpful).
>
> Apache appears to be fine as my website that is hosted on it is loading 
> fine. The website currently does not use PHP at all.
>
> When I look at the error.log file for apache, each time the server is 
> restarted I see the following entry:
>
> [notice] Apache/2.2.4 (Win32) PHP/5.2.0 configured -- resuming normal 
> operations
>
> Does this mean PHP is working? I just don't understand what's not 
> functioning that is preventing the phpinfo command from running.
>
> I added 3 lines to the Apache httpd.conf file which are:
>
> LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"
> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
> PHPIniDir c:/php/
>
> I also added c:\php to the PATH Windows System Variable, and I also 
> added a new system variable called PHPRC and it references c:\php
>
> Any help or suggestions for fixing these problems would be greatly 
> appreciated.