Help needed: the PHP parser don't work!

pbuongiovanni · January 3rd, 2006, 10:10 AM

Hello friends,

I am a beginner of php. I configured a MySQL database and a HTTP Server (Apache 2.0) on a Windows 2000 machine. I was going to start with my first test program but I have a bad surprise with my first simple code below:

<html>
 <head>
 <title=CSCR></title>
 </head>
 <body>
 This is going to be ignored.
 <?php echo 'While this is going to be parsed.'; ?>
 This is also be ignored.
 </body>
</html>

The displayed HTML page shows only the two lines below:

This is going to be ignored.
This is also be ignored.

It seems that the PHP parser don't work but I have no idea to determine the reason. Could anybody help me?
Many thanks in advance,

Piergiorgio

anshul · January 4th, 2006, 02:16 AM

If PHP is not installed, Apache should've displayed PHP code as it is. I guess, PHP is installed; perhaps there's an error in Apache/PHP configuration. Or you may've errored in naming you PHP file.

`~@#\^%&*/\.<.\/-|+|_!:;..=?>
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pbuongiovanni · January 4th, 2006, 04:45 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by anshul
If PHP is not installed, Apache should've displayed PHP code as it is. I guess, PHP is installed; perhaps there's an error in Apache/PHP configuration. Or you may've errored in naming you PHP file.

`~@#\^%&*/\.<.\/-|+|_!:;..=?>
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Many thanks for your interest in my request. I confirm that PHP is installed on my server. I can use the parser php.exe to execute the code in my message and I obtain the following output in the MSDOS shell:

<html>
 <head>
 <title=CSCR></title>
 </head>
 <body>
 This is going to be ignored.
 While this is going to be parsed. This is also be ignored.
 </body>
</html>;

The above demonstrate that PHP works well! Probably the problem regards the configuration of Apache/PHP. I modified my httpd.conf file and I added the following lines:

LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .phtml .inc
Action application/x-httpd-php c:/php/php.exe

Do you think the above is sufficient for a correct configuration? Do you have any suggestion?

Please note I have modified my php.ini file as follows:

extension_dir = "c:\php\ext"
extension=php_mysql.dll

but the above is only required for the use of PHP with MySQL.
I think I have done all the required steps to configure Apache/PHP, but it's strange that I have no output from PHP code and no errors. Do you have any suggestion in order to determine the reason of this? Is there a way to know the possible cause by using a debugger (which one?)?
Many thanks in advance for your reply.

Kind regards.

Piergiorgio

anshul · January 4th, 2006, 07:34 AM

First, ensure that Apache is not executing all/any of your PHP scripts.
Or you've problem with only this mentioned script.

If you're on Windows, a file something named [like] php4ts.dll need be copied into Apache2 bin directory.

Few things can be read here, [quickly].

Regards,

`~@#\^%&*/\.<.\/-|+|_!:;..=?>
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pbuongiovanni · January 4th, 2006, 10:54 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by anshul
First, ensure that Apache is not executing all/any of your PHP scripts.
Or you've problem with only this mentioned script.

If you're on Windows, a file something named [like] php4ts.dll need be copied into Apache2 bin directory.

Few things can be read here, [quickly].

Regards,

`~@#\^%&*/\.<.\/-|+|_!:;..=?>
Students' finances

Many tnanks for your comments above. I checked my configuration file and I am sure the file php5ts.dll is in Apache2/bin directory.
Moreover I have carried out a test removing the directives which permit the execution of php code in my httpd.conf file. The result is the same: the php code is not executed.
I modified my html code as follows:

<html>
 <head>
 <title=CSCR></title>
 </head>
 <body>
 <script language="php">
 echo 'TRY THIS CODE;
 </script>
 This is going to be ignored.
 <?php echo 'While this is going to be parsed.'; ?>
 This is also be ignored.
 </body>
</html>

but the result has not changed. It's clear that php code is not executed, but I have no possibilities to understand the reason. I tried a lot of changes but the result doesn't change. Any other suggestion? Please be advised I am testing my code on the local machine. Could this be the cause of this behaviour?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Piergiorgio

Mantis · January 8th, 2006, 12:17 AM

I have tried for 2 weeks to get wamp working and to be honnest I was going to shot myself in the head!! I could never get mysql to work with php ... no idea why. mysql would respond to command line but wouldn't respond to php.

However.. I now use wamp5 , its a simple install which has apache mysql and php5 already pre configured.
http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php

pbuongiovanni · January 10th, 2006, 04:47 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Mantis
I have tried for 2 weeks to get wamp working and to be honnest I was going to shot myself in the head!! I could never get mysql to work with php ... no idea why. mysql would respond to command line but wouldn't respond to php.

However.. I now use wamp5 , its a simple install which has apache mysql and php5 already pre configured.
http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php

Hello,
many thanks for your interest to my problem, but I have not yet experimented problems with MySql because - as you can see - this topic refers to a configuration problem. I have had a suggestion from "anshul" (please look at the topic .php files vs .html files and not my .html file are parsed correctly. Now I am trying to write code for interaction with MySql... I'll keep you up to dated with my problems (if you want).

Cheers.

Piergiorgio

Mantis · January 10th, 2006, 10:55 PM

What I was trying to explain is:
If you are unable to configure your server properly (in your case PHP), instead of waisting 3 weeks like me, there is a wamp version pre-configured which is free and work.

pbuongiovanni · January 12th, 2006, 07:32 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Mantis
What I was trying to explain is:
If you are unable to configure your server properly (in your case PHP), instead of waisting 3 weeks like me, there is a wamp version pre-configured which is free and work.

Hi Mantis,

I appreciated your suggestion. I'll keep it in mind... I cannot waste my free time and I appreciate all suggestions I receive in this forum. Many thanks.

Piergiorgio