problem in php file

abdul_wasie · May 8th, 2005, 02:20 PM

well i am in wwwroot folder i have an html file which code is follow as
***text.html****
<html>
<head><title></title></head>
<body>
<form method=post action="text.php">
Who is your favorite author?
<input name="author" type="text">
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

in this file u have to enter auther name i will displayed in text.php which have the following code
<html>
<head><title</title></head>
<body>
Your favorite author is:
<?php
echo ($author);
?>
</body>
</html>

the problem is that when i open text.html and click the button the dialong box pop-up and it says that do u want to save file text.php?
why it is so?

help plz

Abdul Wasie

mani_he · May 9th, 2005, 09:37 PM

Hi
The problem is you have missconfiguration on your php.
try to output phpinfo by creating test.php

test.php
////////////
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

let me know if it works or not?

abdul_wasie · May 10th, 2005, 03:21 AM

well here is the output

System Windows NT FAST 5.1 build 2600
Build Date Mar 31 2005 02:44:34
Configure Command cscript /nologo configure.js "--enable-snapshot-build" "--with-gd=shared"
Server API CGI/FastCGI
Virtual Directory Support enabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS\php.ini
PHP API 20031224
PHP Extension 20041030
Zend Extension 220040412
Debug Build no
Thread Safety enabled
IPv6 Support enabled
Registered PHP Streams php, file, http, ftp, compress.zlib
Registered Stream Socket Transports tcp, udp

now plz tell me wht shld i do now n thanks for helping me

Abdul Wasie

anshul · May 10th, 2005, 06:11 AM

U'ven't mapped .php extension to ISAPI exexutable c:/php/sapi/php4isapi.dll
Do so, then restart IIS.

abdul_wasie · May 10th, 2005, 07:19 AM

well wht i did when i was Configuring php for the first time i did goes to properties of defualt website in the IIS then on the ISAPI filter than add the dialog box pop up i wrote php in the filter name and in the executable field i browse for the file named php5isapi.dll okay..it is addedd sucessfully n giving the same messages...

help plz

Abdul Wasie

mani_he · May 10th, 2005, 11:37 AM

Did you turn off the cgi.force_redirect on your php.ini?

cgi.force_redirect = 0

abdul_wasie · May 10th, 2005, 12:42 PM

well in php.ini cgi.force_redirect is in comment so i didnt change well the php scripts are running fine but when i want to transfer what i type from one file to another its not going to work can u tell me the source where should i refer and do configure php again or wht do u think wht shld i do? thanks for ur corporation n helping

Abdul Wasie

anshul · May 11th, 2005, 01:19 AM

>> well the php scripts are running fine..
Then's what's the problem.
Please, also see, if you are using Windows 2003 and you'ven't allowed Web Service Extensions: All Unknown ISAPI, CGI plus added a .php extension. Once you get it working, always keep backup of php.ini

sairaju_naidu2002 · June 6th, 2005, 06:06 AM

hai abdul_wasie..,
although there is a small mistake in ur program..,
you hav to add the following line to ur text.php file.
add this($author=$_REQUEST['author'];) befor(echo ($author);)
i think then it may echo the author name.

bye...