another php question..

king_of_inismac

sorry, guys , but I've got another php question...

I think the problem is the php isn't working.
eg
I created a php file with the following

<?php
echo `php is working correctly`;
?>

and placed it in the public_html directory under the filename phptest.php
When I pointed to it with the browser I got the following


echo `php is working correctly`;?>

does anyone have any idea as to what the problem is??

AFAIK, the php module is loaded automatically with apache??

Please help

Thanks,
king

Kali

you're using the wrong inverted comma.. use ' or preferably " not `(which typically invokes a shell command).. anyway try:

php_info();

on its own to see if php is installed correctly.

king_of_inismac

I knew somebody was going to say that..

I did use the right apostrophy when writing the code, just couldn't find it when I was writing the post earlier.....

Added the phpinfo() line to the code, but its not displaying anything..

All the html is showing up fine,

Please advise,
Thanks

oscarBravo

Originally posted by Kali
use ' or preferably "

Why preferably " ? Each has its place. The double quote allows special characters and variable expansion, but it's ipso facto slower to parse. For best performance, you should use the single quote unless you need the extra capabilities of the double quote form.

Inismac, can you post your httpd.conf so's we can see what might be wrong? For example, mine has

LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Do you have these entries? Have you restarted apache? Have you checked apache's logs?

BTW, when you're posting PHP code here you can use vBulletin's [php] tags: [php]<?php
echo 'php is working correctly';
?>[/php] Purty or wot?

chakotha

Locate the httpd.conf file (located /httpd/conf/httpd.conf or maybe /apache/conf/httpd.conf) and add the line

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .inc

then reboot apache

This will make sure all files .php3 .php and .inc are parsed by PHP before being sent to the browser.

Hope that helps

Edit: Oops oscarBravo suggested that. I'd add the .inc to the line too so on a live site there is no chance of .inc files arriving to the browser unparsed revealing raw code or passwords

oscarBravo

Originally posted by chakotha
I'd add the .inc to the line too so on a live site there is no chance of .inc files arriving to the browser unparsed revealing raw code or passwords

Good call - mind you, to be really safe, I call my included files *.inc.php, and put them somewhere outside the webroot. Can't be too careful...

surfboy

php.net is an excellent resource for finding answers to this type of stuff, and getting answers to code problems/error.