Re: Apache2 & php5 Problem

[Randy Patterson <tech@patterson-pcc.com>]

On Tuesday 21 August 2007 21:53, Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 21:28 -0500, Randy Patterson wrote:
> > I am trying to setup a local web server on my machine to test php
> > projects before going live. I have installed apache2, php5 and mysql
> > using aptitude and apache and mysql seem to be working fine. I try to
> > load a test page in a browser;
> >
> > http://localhost/apache2-default/test.php
> >
> > The file contains a test message between header tags <h1></h1> and below
> > that a php script line that just prints another test message with the
> > 'print' command. The browser displays the first HTML message but not the
> > message from the php script line. There are no errors messages. Is there
> > some configuration that needs to take place after installing php5 with
> > aptitude?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Randy
>
> First of all, disable the redirect in the default site file:
> sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
>
>    #RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
>
> sudo invoke-rc.d apache2 force-reload
>
> Now, a way to test your PHP installation is to put the following in a
> php file in your webserver document root (/var/www):
>
> <?php
>   phpinfo();
> ?>
>
> and open that file up through the browser:
>
> http://localhost/phpinfo.php
>
> This gives you all the information about your PHP installation.

I followed these directions, even copied and pasted the code! But all I get is 
a blank page. No error messages. See other post for another example of the 
problem.

Thanks,
Randy