[NTLUG:Discuss] Help with RH 6.0 and PHP

[Val Harris]

Hector M Banda wrote:

> Hi all,
>  I'm trying to get PHP to work in my RH 6.0 server and I can not figure it
> out.
>
>  I'm using php that comes with the original CDROM of RH.
>
>  To test the installation of PHP, I'm trying to access the following file
> from the /home/httpd/html/ directory.
>
>         file name = first.php3 ( I already tried changing the ext to 'php')
>         file==>  <?php3
>                         phpinfo();
>                    ?>
>
> Everytime I try to access it with NETSCAPE it asks me to Save file, open
> application, etc.
>
>         This is also what I have done on the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file:
>
>         AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3   ( This is at the end of the file)
>
>         LoadModule php_module   modules/mod_php.so (These are under extra modules)
>         LoadModule php3_module  modules/libphp3.so
>
> Any ideas???
>
> Thanks again,
> ============================================
> Hector M Banda
> Senior Computer Programmer
> Information Systems Department
> Imperial Valley College
> Imperial Ca, 92251
> Phone: 760.355.6105
> Fax  : 760.355.6173
> ============================================
>
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Hector,

What does first.php3 return?  If your browser is
trying to save a file, it's generally a sign that the
browser doesn't recognize whats being returned
to it by the http server.  Does the bitstream
coming back have a valid "content type" header?

Val
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