How do I get php to work?

Charles · - Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 9

Alright I just ran into abyss web server today and decided to install it insted of paying $200 to install win xp pro. I am using win xp home and I folowed the instructions to install php. I installed php 5.0.5. Now from my understanding you are supose to put php files in the cgi-bin directory but from what I found out in the forums is that may not be true. I made a php file with

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Info</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

</body>
</html>

to show my phpinfo and as a test page. but when I load it I get a blank page.

I would greatly appreaite it if someone could inform me on who this works with abyss web server?

p3 · - Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 615

No, it does not belong in the CGI-BIN directory.

Also, what did ytou follow to install PHP?

Make sure you did the steps mentioned here... do to the tutorials section and read the PHP tutorial.

Charles · - Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 9

I went to
http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php.html
to install php on abyss I already installed php 5.0.5 do i need to do any more tweeking if so what is it that I need to do? I will be back at 11pm (Eatern Time) tonight I have to go to work now I befily checked out that link if thats what I need to do just let me know unless thats wrong or there somthing more. Thank you alot I really apreaite your help.

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briosky · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:01 am Post subject: try change extension

I had the same problem at the beginning.
Under XP Pro with no SP, my page with phpinfo() was called index.html and didn't want to work.
I had no time to investigate, so I just changed it in index.php and everything was fine.

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TRUSTAbyss · - Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 3752 Location: USA, GA

All PHP files have the extension .php when you install it but you can add the
.html and .htm extension , only files that are declared PHP files will execute.

Sincerely , TRUSTpunk

Charles · - Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 9

I firgured it out thanks to trustpunk I was accessing the page directly and not though the host LoL i felt kinda stupid but now I am having touble with mysql can you help me with that here?

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what problems are you having with mySql?
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Charles · - Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 9

I followed the following instructions

Click here if you need to download MySQL. After you downloaded MySQL , create a new folder in C:\ called MySQL and unzip the contents of the mysql zip file to that new folder. Go to C:\MySQL\bin and click on mysqld.exe and it should launch MySQL. If MySQL doesn't start on Windows 2000/XP , go to My Computer -> Controle Panel -> Admin... Tools -> Services and Start MySQL. Good Luck!

Note: You will need to download the (Unzip in C:\) version of MySQL v4.1.x.

The bold section is the problem I can not find the bin folder and I can not find mysqld.exe and the control panel thing does not work eighter there is no my sql there I am running win xp home sp2. Also I am have a tiny bit of trouble understanding that note there to.

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Axis · - Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 336

Hello Charles--

You wrote, "The bold section is the problem I can not find the bin folder and I can not find mysqld.exe"

You may have downloaded the wrong version of MySQL. I did the same thing about a day or two ago...and there was no "bin" folder. You must download the windows version...mine came from here:
http://mirror.services.wisc.edu/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/mysql-noinstall-4.1.14-win32.zip

Also, the preconfigured php5 with installer from this page worked easily and great for me:
http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php5win.html

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Axis

Charles · - Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 9

Thanks alot that worked great Axis now I am having trouble configuring phpmyadmin all the links in the page are doubled and I have php installed into two directories c:\PHP and c:\Program Files\PHP5 I have to have them both inorder for phpmyadmin to work also at the bottom of my main phpadmin page it says the following:

Your configuration file contains settings (root with no password) that correspond to the default MySQL privileged account. Your MySQL server is running with this default, is open to intrusion, and you really should fix this security hole. The mbstring PHP extension was not found and you seem to be using a multibyte charset. Without the mbstring extension phpMyAdmin is unable to split strings correctly and it may result in unexpected results.

So thats that I really appreacite your help once I figure all this out I am going to come back here to help other peoples out also! you guys are awesome!

Axis · - Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 336

Hi Charles--

I, personally, would not install PHP5 into two different places on your machine. I would delete one of them and that might make things with phpmyadmin a little less hazardous. (Unless you know have some special need to have php installed in two different locations.)

I followed TrustPunk's tutorial with phpmyadmin but ran into a few glitch's, I found that if I deleted all the present privileges I would get locked out of the system. After installing, deleting and re-installing a few times I just found I could simply use Abyss's password protection feature to password protect the phpadmin directory and then enter a new username, database name etc. In other words, I just left the system itself have root privileges but password protect the directory phpadmin is installed into.

I would ignore the warning, and password protect the phpadmin directory with Abyss if your problem is similar.

Regards,
Axis

Charles · - Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 9

Alright I deleted everything and started all over again everything is going great but not when I go to http://127.0.0.1/phpadmin/ to access my admin page I get a php info page displaying my php info. Have any idea what could be causing this?