Missing mod_php

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 5, 2007, at 07:26, Russell Gold wrote:

> On Dec 5, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Jyrki Wahlstedt wrote:
>
>> Do you have the corresponding LoadModule line in your httpd.conf?  
>> I have ('grep php /opt/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf'):
>> LoadModule php5_module        modules/libphp5.so
>>    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
>> Include conf/extras-conf/mod_php.conf
>>
>> (the first is necessary, the rest not)
>
>
> I did have the first line. What I did not have, and what proved to  
> be the difference, was the include statement (which makes apache  
> recognize the .php file extension). The install actually placed  
> mod_php.conf in a different directory, so I didn't see it. Moving  
> it to conf/extra and including it make everything work. Thanks!


What directory did it place it in? Is this something I should be  
changing in the php5 port to make installation easier? Since I've had  
php5 installed for so long, I've forgotten what steps were required,  
and it's sometimes hard for me to see the newcomer's perspective here.