Hi, Guys: Thanks for all of you who helped out, and I can now get this to work, by installing the PHP into the Linux Fedora box I have. What is odd is that on the download page of http://www.php.net, it mentioned the following on the downloads page: We do not distribute UNIX/Linux binaries. Most Linux distributions come with PHP these days, so if you do not want to compile your own, go to your distribution's download site. Binaries available on external servers: I have followed all the prompts to download it just then, and thanks to those of you reminding me to shut down the apache before I restart it, it is now displaying Hello where it is supposed to be on the PHP page. Would anyone say that the statement on the php page above should be modified somehow? Alice ====================================================== Alice Wei MIS 2009 School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Bloomington ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxx ________________________________________ From: Thijs Lensselink [dev@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:44 AM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux Quoting "Wei, Alice J." <ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hello, > > I have reinstalled Apache back into my Linux machine, and placed the code > > > <html> > <head><title>Test</title> > <body> > <p>This is test</p> > <?php echo "Hello!"; ?> > </body> > </html> > > into the apache/htdocs folder titled hello.php > > When I execute it from the browser using an http:// address > followed by the IP address and hello.php, I get this pop up message > that asks me if I wanted to open up my file and what I want to do > with it. > Is it necessary for me to install anything else? I have added the > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php into the httpd.conf file, so > now it is not giving me "file does not exist" error anymore, but how > do I get thie accurate output to show up from the browser? > > > I welcome any suggestion. > > Alice > ====================================================== > Alice Wei > MIS 2009 > School of Library and Information Science > Indiana University Bloomington > ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxx > ________________________________________ > From: DeadTOm [deadtom@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:15 PM > To: Wei, Alice J. > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux > > With localhost I was assuming that the files resided on your local > machine, my bad. How are you accessing these files? The location you are > getting them from has to be running a web server of some kind with php > or the php scripts will not run and you'll only see the html output as > you described. > I run a linux server with apache2, php and mysql and I believe that the > purpose of the php5-mysql package is to add files that define those > mysql function calls. I'm sure that there is something similar for mssql. > > -Allen > > Wei, Alice J. wrote: >> Hi, >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: DeadTOm [mailto:deadtom@xxxxxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:58 PM >> To: Wei, Alice J. >> Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux >> >> OK, I see now. >> When you open the script from your browser are you accessing it via a >> server like Http://localhost/some/file.php or are you just opening a php >> file on your hard drive? I'm guessing you're accessing it on the hard >> drive directly, which will not work since PHP scripts are executed >> server side. So you will need to install apache2 with php. >> As far as the mssql_connect error goes, the same rule applies. You need >> to have the proper php module installed to define for php what the >> mssql_connect function does, otherwise php doesn't know what it is and >> yells at you for not defining the function. >> >> -Allen >> >> Thanks for clarifying the first point, and that is probably why. >> As for the second point, according to >> http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-connect.php, isn't >> mssql_connect defined already as something internal within PHP? Or, >> am I missing something here? >> >> Plus, I connect this not to the localhost, but to a different >> Windows machine, so does this mean that I have to install it? One >> of the members on the list suggested something from >> http://www.freetds.org/, if this is something I have to install, I >> will definitely give it a shot. >> >> Alice >> >> >> Wei, Alice J. wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> For testing purpose, I have something like >>> >>> <html> >>> <head><title>Test</title> >>> <body> >>> <p>This is test</p> >>> <?php echo "Hello!"; ?> >>> </body> >>> </html> >>> >>> I see the following from the command prompt when I execute the >>> above script: >>> >>> <html> >>> <head><title>Test</title> >>> <body> >>> <p>This is test</p>Hello >>> </body> >>> </html> >>> >>> On the browser, I only see: >>> >>> <html> >>> <head><title>Test</title> >>> <body> >>> <p>This is test</p> >>> </body> >>> </html> >>> >>> I just realized that the mysql_connect error is a typo, I should >>> have typed mssql_connect. I call this from a different machine, >>> so I shouldn't get this kind of error even if I don't have it >>> installed, right? Or, am I missing something here? >>> >>> Alice >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: DeadTOm [mailto:deadtom@xxxxxxxxxxxx] >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:46 PM >>> To: Wei, Alice J. >>> Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: Re: PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux >>> >>> >Otherwise, it consistently gives me errors "Call to undefined >>> function: mysql_connect()...".If you're getting an error... >>> >>> If you're getting this error, there is a line of code in the php script >>> that is trying to connect to a mysql database and the mysql extension >>> for php is not installed. So php doesn't know this function is supposed >>> to do hence, the "undefined function" error. >>> >>> >I can only see the HTML code of the php functions I call within the >>> code at the command output in text format, but I cannot see it on the >>> "browser." >>> >>> I'm a little confused about what you mean here. You shouldn't see any >>> HTML code in your browser. >>> >>> Wei, Alice J. wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have originally commented out all the MS SQL lines in the >>>> php.ini files so that it supports MS SQL, but that does not seem >>>> to work. MySQL? Since I am not using that to connect my PHP to, >>>> do I still need to install it? By the way, my Microsoft SQL >>>> server database is on a different Windows machine. >>>> >>>> Alice >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: DeadTOm [mailto:deadtom@xxxxxxxxxxxx] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:29 PM >>>> To: Wei, Alice J.; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: Re: PHP Runs But Does Not Display on Linux >>>> >>>> Do you have php-mysql installed? In ubuntu for php5 the package is >>>> php5-mysql. >>>> >>>> -Allen >>>> >>>> Wei, Alice J. wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I am currently using a Linux box with Fedora to run my PHP >>>>> scripts, which I have seen in the download page at >>>>> http://www.php.net/downloads.php that >>>>> >>>>> We do not distribute UNIX/Linux binaries. Most Linux >>>>> distributions come with PHP these days. >>>>> >>>>> What I am wondering is, if I can run my scripts by using the >>>>> command like php some_php.php, as long as it does not require me >>>>> to have it displayed on the web page or in need of using a >>>>> mssql_connect function, it does not give me any errors at all. >>>>> Otherwise, it consistently gives me errors "Call to undefined >>>>> function: mysql_connect()...". >>>>> >>>>> I can only see the HTML code of the php functions I call >>>>> within the code at the command output in text format, but I >>>>> cannot see it on the "browser." >>>>> >>>>> Are these two errors related? I tried installing PHP and >>>>> Apache afterwards, but it seems that it is not providing a >>>>> different message. Have I missed something here? >>>>> >>>>> Anything is appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Alice >>>>> ====================================================== >>>>> Alice Wei >>>>> MIS 2009 >>>>> School of Library and Information Science >>>>> Indiana University Bloomington >>>>> ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > Take a look in your apache config file and see if you have these lines : LoadModule php5_module [your PHP module] AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
