php not working (blank screen)

[Paul_Lin]

I have apache working in Fedora, but cannot get php to work.  I have 
edited the php.ini file to point to the proper directory, but all I ever 
get when I run a php script in a browser is a blank screen.   php 
--version returns:

PHP 4.3.3 (cgi) (built: Oct 21 2003 09:51:55)
Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies

I hesitate to post my php.ini and httpd.conf files because of the 
length, but let me know if I should.

Does anyone know what I am missing?

TIA

[Robert L Cochran]

Did you compile PHP yourself? The current Fedora version is 4.3.4. If 
you did, you need to change httpd.conf to add that application type and 
load the new module. You must also kill and restart every httpd process 
to get PHP to show up. 'service restart httpd' doesn't do it. My method, 
which will no doubt make veteran linux people laugh, is to restart the 
computer.

Bob

linbox wrote:
> I have apache working in Fedora, but cannot get php to work.  I have 
> edited the php.ini file to point to the proper directory, but all I ever 
> get when I run a php script in a browser is a blank screen.   php 
> --version returns:
>
> PHP 4.3.3 (cgi) (built: Oct 21 2003 09:51:55)
> Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
> Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies
>
> I hesitate to post my php.ini and httpd.conf files because of the 
> length, but let me know if I should.
>
> Does anyone know what I am missing?
>
> TIA
>
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> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

[Robert L Cochran]

That is...'service httpd restart' doesn't do it. Sorry for the error, 
guess I'm getting dyslexic.

Bob

Robert L Cochran wrote:
> Did you compile PHP yourself? The current Fedora version is 4.3.4. If 
> you did, you need to change httpd.conf to add that application type and 
> load the new module. You must also kill and restart every httpd process 
> to get PHP to show up. 'service restart httpd' doesn't do it. My method, 
> which will no doubt make veteran linux people laugh, is to restart the 
> computer.
>
> Bob
>
> linbox wrote:
> > I have apache working in Fedora, but cannot get php to work.  I have 
> > edited the php.ini file to point to the proper directory, but all I 
> > ever get when I run a php script in a browser is a blank screen.   php 
> > --version returns:
> >
> > PHP 4.3.3 (cgi) (built: Oct 21 2003 09:51:55)
> > Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
> > Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies
> >
> > I hesitate to post my php.ini and httpd.conf files because of the 
> > length, but let me know if I should.
> >
> > Does anyone know what I am missing?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > -- 
> > fedora-list mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

[Paul_Lin]

Robert L Cochran wrote:
> That is...'service httpd restart' doesn't do it. Sorry for the error, 
> guess I'm getting dyslexic.
>
> Bob
>
> Robert L Cochran wrote:
> > Did you compile PHP yourself? The current Fedora version is 4.3.4. If 
> > you did, you need to change httpd.conf to add that application type 
> > and load the new module. You must also kill and restart every httpd 
> > process to get PHP to show up. 'service restart httpd' doesn't do it. 
> > My method, which will no doubt make veteran linux people laugh, is to 
> > restart the computer.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > linbox wrote:
> > > I have apache working in Fedora, but cannot get php to work.  I have 
> > > edited the php.ini file to point to the proper directory, but all I 
> > > ever get when I run a php script in a browser is a blank screen.   
> > > php --version returns:
> > >
> > > PHP 4.3.3 (cgi) (built: Oct 21 2003 09:51:55)
> > > Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
> > > Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies
> > >
> > > I hesitate to post my php.ini and httpd.conf files because of the 
> > > length, but let me know if I should.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what I am missing?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > fedora-list mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

thanks for the quick responses.

1) No I did not compile php myself.  It is the compiled version that 
came with Fedora.
2) Yes I restarted httpd and at your request I even restarted the 
computer.  No luck.
3) I created a script in gedit that had just  <?php phpinfo(); ?> with 
no luck.  I then put a line of plain text under it in the script, and 
the text showed up in the browser window, so I know it is a php problem.
4) Problem happens as both root and user.

Any additional help appreciated.

[Douglas Clinton]

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:01:25 -0500
linbox  wrote:
> Robert L Cochran wrote:
> > That is...'service httpd restart' doesn't do it. Sorry for the error, 
> > guess I'm getting dyslexic.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Robert L Cochran wrote:
> > > Did you compile PHP yourself? The current Fedora version is 4.3.4. If 
> > > you did, you need to change httpd.conf to add that application type 
> > > and load the new module. You must also kill and restart every httpd 
> > > process to get PHP to show up. 'service restart httpd' doesn't do it. 
> > > My method, which will no doubt make veteran linux people laugh, is to 
> > > restart the computer.
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > linbox wrote:
> > > > I have apache working in Fedora, but cannot get php to work.  I have 
> > > > edited the php.ini file to point to the proper directory, but all I 
> > > > ever get when I run a php script in a browser is a blank screen.   
> > > > php --version returns:
> > > >
> > > > PHP 4.3.3 (cgi) (built: Oct 21 2003 09:51:55)
> > > > Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
> > > > Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies
> > > >
> > > > I hesitate to post my php.ini and httpd.conf files because of the 
> > > > length, but let me know if I should.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know what I am missing?
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > fedora-list mailing list
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
> thanks for the quick responses.
> No I did not compile php myself.  It is the compiled version that
>
> came with Fedora.
> 2) Yes I restarted httpd and at your request I even restarted the 
> computer.  No luck.
> 3) I created a script in gedit that had just  <?php phpinfo(); ?> with 
> no luck.  I then put a line of plain text under it in the script, and 
> the text showed up in the browser window, so I know it is a php problem.
> 4) Problem happens as both root and user.
>
> Any additional help appreciated.
>
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

apachectl restart

This will restart the httpd server

[Douglas Clinton]

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:01:25 -0500
linbox  wrote:
> Robert L Cochran wrote:
> > That is...'service httpd restart' doesn't do it. Sorry for the error, 
> > guess I'm getting dyslexic.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Robert L Cochran wrote:
> > > Did you compile PHP yourself? The current Fedora version is 4.3.4. If 
> > > you did, you need to change httpd.conf to add that application type 
> > > and load the new module. You must also kill and restart every httpd 
> > > process to get PHP to show up. 'service restart httpd' doesn't do it. 
> > > My method, which will no doubt make veteran linux people laugh, is to 
> > > restart the computer.
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > linbox wrote:
> > > > I have apache working in Fedora, but cannot get php to work.  I have 
> > > > edited the php.ini file to point to the proper directory, but all I 
> > > > ever get when I run a php script in a browser is a blank screen.   
> > > > php --version returns:
> > > >
> > > > PHP 4.3.3 (cgi) (built: Oct 21 2003 09:51:55)
> > > > Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
> > > > Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies
> > > >
> > > > I hesitate to post my php.ini and httpd.conf files because of the 
> > > > length, but let me know if I should.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know what I am missing?
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > fedora-list mailing list
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
> thanks for the quick responses.
> No I did not compile php myself.  It is the compiled version that
>
> came with Fedora.
> 2) Yes I restarted httpd and at your request I even restarted the 
> computer.  No luck.
> 3) I created a script in gedit that had just  <?php phpinfo(); ?> with 
> no luck.  I then put a line of plain text under it in the script, and 
> the text showed up in the browser window, so I know it is a php problem.
> 4) Problem happens as both root and user.
>
> Any additional help appreciated.
>
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

also here is the php.conf file from /etc/httpd/conf.d/

#
# PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language which attempts to make it
# easy for developers to write dynamically generated webpages.
#

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

#
# Cause the PHP interpreter handle files with a .php extension.
#
<Files *.php>
    SetOutputFilter PHP
    SetInputFilter PHP
    LimitRequestBody 524288
</Files>

#
# Add index.php to the list of files that will be served as directory
# indexes.
#
DirectoryIndex index.php

Good Luck

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 30.11.2003 schrieb linbox um 19:04:
> I have apache working in Fedora, but cannot get php to work.  I have 
> edited the php.ini file to point to the proper directory, but all I ever 
> get when I run a php script in a browser is a blank screen.   php 
> --version returns:
>
> PHP 4.3.3 (cgi) (built: Oct 21 2003 09:51:55)
> Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
> Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies
>
> I hesitate to post my php.ini and httpd.conf files because of the 
> length, but let me know if I should.
>
> Does anyone know what I am missing?
>
> TIA

What happens if you create a PHP page to access with your browser named
phpinfo.php with following content:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

This should show you a page with detailed information about your PHP and
Apache system.

Alexander