application/octet-stream download instead of index page?

Radical_Edward · - Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 17

I have just installed php and abyss on a project server...I have it running perfectly on another server...

When I go to the site

hdl.iit.edu

it tries to download a file

but if you go to

hdl.iit.edu/index.php

the script runs fine.

My question is...why does it do this? And what can I do to fix it? This was installed according to the procedure at abyssunderground...

I have it working just fine on my other site, which uses the same setup(abyss/mysql/php on Windows XP). I dont understand...
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Moxxnixx · - Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1226 Location: Florida

In Abyss console > host configuration, make sure you have "index.php" listed in your index files.

Radical_Edward · - Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 17

yeah it is....
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Radical_Edward · - Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 17

application/octet-stream

thats what it tries to download...some binary with no extension...

and when i disable php, it still does that

it seems to happen everytime i load the site without specifying a file...so it doesnt seem to be php specifically that causes the error...
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Moxxnixx · - Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1226 Location: Florida

You might need to go over the tut again. You might have overlooked something.
Are you sure "php" is entered in the extension field?

Radical_Edward · - Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 17

http://hdl.iit.edu/php_config.jpg

http://hdl.iit.edu/index.jpg

sorry for the long download times
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Radical_Edward · - Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 17

i should also mention that it there is an html index page there too...

so it must not be just php
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Moxxnixx · - Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1226 Location: Florida

They loaded fine for me.

Have you tried this tut yet?
http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php5win.html

Radical_Edward · - Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 17

i had tried that first...the redid it according to php underground which is how i did my other server that is set up like this

problem occurred both times

the only difference between the two seems to be the REDIRECT STATUS environment variable

and I installed the special php version from the aprelium site...

see..the thing is...as shown in the links in the very first post...the php stuff does work...

when you enter the url but don't specify a file, it refuses to load the index file...and wants a binary file to be downloaded instead
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AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

Both sites work for me. My tutorials are accurate and work if you follow them properly.
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Radical_Edward · - Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 17

both sites?

you mean that http://hdl.iit.edu works? or that both tutorials work? if the latter is the case...yeah...

since it also doesnt load the html index page, i think its safe to say that the problem is the server itself...not the php setup...but the question is then...why does it try to send a binary instead of loading an index page unless i specify the page?
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AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

Both of your links work and load the pages properly.
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Ralph · - Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 87

Radical_Edward

Probably should not have an index.html and an index.php in the same directory. Might need to make a folder or rename the index.html to index2.html...

The server does not know which file to load and that may be why you have to specify the php page...
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aprelium · - Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Posts: 6800

Radical_Edward,

It seems that your browser is giving you the pages from its cache (and that at the first access, PHP was not setup so .php had files no recognized MIME type hence the use of application/octet-stream as a default).

Force your browser to get the page from the server by pressing CTRL+F5 or CTRL+SHIFT+R (it depends on the browser). Alternatively flush its cache.
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