Scott Bounds wrote: > Hello all. I seem to be having a terrible tim ewith something that is so > simple it makes me sick. I have a server running FC2. it has Apache > 2.x.x on it and it came installed with php-4.x.x. Sorry I don't have > the exact versions but fatigue and frustration has taken over. I can > get them if you really need them. Here's the major problem. When I try > and view a simple php page in the browser, it doesn't display anything > that has to do with the php tags. By that I mean it won't recognize the > php directives (I guess). does that mean your seeing the text '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' (or similar) in your browser? if so then your apache setup is broken with regard to php - the php apache module is not being loaded or the mapping to .php files is borked (or non-existent). I made a simple page (the infamous phpinfo > () page) right out of the books. Saved it as test.php just like it > said. Made sure that apache is running and browsed to the page. > Nothing, no errors, no nothing. I have made up some other pages (mostly > from some php books - real simple ones) to view and they all display the > same action. > > Now when these machines (I actually have a couple of these servers and > they all act the same) were installed, it was from FC2 CD's with the > webserver full package. There were all kinds of php files installed, > etc. In my httpd.conf file it calls the php.ini file, etc. So it seems > to be all there. start by tailing the apache access_log and the apache error_log, a cmdline something like this: tail -f /var/log/apache2/access_log /var/log/apache2/error_log and see what kind of errors appear when you surf to the problem pages. also check for apache start up errors that a related to php. > > Can anyone out there help me figure out how to make this work? I would > be truly indebted to you, put you on my Christmas card list, etc. please don't waste trees. > > Thanks in advance to all of you kind and wonderful people. > > Scott > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php