Enable PHP on local Apache2 server

[Steven Stern]

On 12/28/2011 08:28 AM, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
> I have set up a local webserver for testing static html (of which I have
> some basic knowledge) and dynamic html (which is quite new to me). After
> I had set proper permissions on /var/www/ and had copied my testfiles to
> the appropriate locations, httpd worked out of the box (i. e. with the
> original httpd.conf that came with Fedora 16). I could run Perl scripts
> (e. g. a guestbook) in cgi-bin, but no PHP scripts. Apache's error log
> gave:
> 
> (8)Exec format error: exec of '/var/www/cgi-bin/test.php' failed
> Premature end of script headers: test.php
> 
> The script test.php simply calls phpinfo() and works on my hired
> external webspace, so this must be a configuration issue with my local
> webserver. Strange enaugh, I didn't find many clues on enabling PHP in
> the Apache.org documentation and even elsewhere.
> 
> Thanks for any pointers
> Klaus
> 

The scripts should be in your regular web tree, not in /cgi-bin.  Do you
have all the necessary php stuff installed?

yum install php php-devel php-pear php-mysql

After installing PHP, restart httpd and try your phpinfo() test again
with the file in /var/www/html


-- 
-- Steve