Re: php4 will not handle *.php3 files? (potato)

[Ken Weingold <hazmat@hellrot.org>]

I think the problem is a simple MIME type problem.  Add 'php3' to the
application/x-httpd-php type.


-Ken



On Fri, Jan 19, 2001, Jameson C. Burt wrote:
> Shouldn't the Debian package  php4_4.0.3pl1-0potato1.deb  
> handle  *.php3  files?
> Through netscape  http://localhost/test-jameson.php, 
> I can see php4 working, where test-jameson.php is
>    <?php phpinfo() ?>
> This common test properly displays a few pages 
> of PHP configuration information.
> 
> However, testing thru any of netscape/opera/mozilla 
> on the file  http://localhost/test4-jameson.php3,
> I only get a popup window, titled 
>    Save As... (type application/x-httpd-php3)
> to download the test4-jameson.php3 file.
> I get this same download-response whether test4-jameson.php3 contains
> the single line
>    <!-- <?php phpinfo() ? -->
> or the single line (recommended test line in Horde Administrator's FAQ)
>    <?php php_info() ?>
> 
> 
> Here are all lines in /etc/apache/* that contain "php", 
> where all entries have been put there by Debian package installations,
> 1. httpd.conf:
>    LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so
> 
> 2. srm.conf:
>    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.php3
> 
> 3. mime.types:
>    application/x-httpd-php                         phtml pht php
>    application/x-httpd-php3                        php3
>    application/x-httpd-php3-source                 phps
>    application/x-httpd-php3-preprocessed           php3p
> 
> 
> 
> I have installed the following php and apache modules,
>    Package           Version
>    -------           -------
>    php4              4.0.3pl1-0potato1
>    php4-cgi          4.0.3pl1-0potato1
>    php4-gd           4.0.3pl1-0potato1
>    php4-imap         4.0.3pl1-0potato1
>    php4-ldap         4.0.3pl1-0potato1
>    php4-pgsql        4.0.3pl1-0potato1
>    phplib            7.3dev-3.1
> 
>    apache            1.3.9-13.1
>    apache-common     1.3.9-13.1
>    libapache-mod-ssl 2.4.10-1.3.9-1
> 
> 
> I presume that the php4 Debian package should handle php3 files.
> I deduce this because I am installing imp, 
> whose description (dpkg -s imp) includes
>    Depends: php3 | php4 (>= 4.0.3pl1)
> But the imp package is accessed thru the php3 web page,
>    /usr/share/horde/imp/index.php3
> So, while the imp package allows using the package php4 rather 
> than the package php3, web access must be able 
> to interpret *.php3 files---but does not.
> What have I done wrong?
>