RE: PHP

["Andy Laurence" <andy@themidwestgroup.com>]

> How did you set up PHP???

using dselect, I installed PHP and apache-php.

> First you tell you installed Apache-modules, second you're
> writing about 'sent
> to PHP' & 'Error 500'.
> The second point looks like you could find the error in
> error-logs of Apache

I'm not sure where they are.  At a guess I'd say /var/apache ?  I'm very new
to this!

> because it seems .php is threaded as CGI (therefor in every
> .php-file should
> be a first line like
> #!/usr/local/bin/php
> where ever the PHP-binary is located)

That's what I thought (as a Perl user).

> But installing the Apache-modules makes it senseless to
> proceed .php as CGI
> ...
>
> Have a look in your Apache-configuration file. Search for 'php'.
> Is there a line like:
>
> LoadModule php3_module        /etc/httpd/modules/libphp3.so
> or
> LoadModule php4_module        /etc/httpd/modules/libphp4.so

OK, php3 is installed (Potato).

> and
>
> AddModule mod_php3.c
> or
> AddModule mod_php4.c

again php3.

> ???
> if so there should also be following lines:
>
> <IfModule mod_php3.c>
>   AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3
>   AddType application/x-httpd-php3-source .php3s
> </IfModule>

Didn't exist - just added it.  I assume this tells apache to use the php3
module to execute scipts with the extension .php3 and .php3s?  Does this
negate the need to use the #! usr/bin/php3 line and the cgi-bin directory?
Is it ok to change the extension to .php rather than .php3 for ease of use
with the users?

> or
>
> <IfModule mod_php4.c>
>   AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
>   AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
> </IfModule>
>
> If in your Apache-configuration there is a line like
>
> AddHandler cgi-script .php
>
> you should remove it and instead switch to LoadModules-Syntax.

That line does not exist.

Cheers for the help.

Andy