strange behavior - PHP question...

Mon Jan 23 15:15:18 PST 2012

On Jan 23, 2012, at 1:40 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote:

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> On 23/01/2012 06:35, William H. Magill wrote:
>> A retired sysadmin who has been working with Macports since Darwin days --
>> I am playing with a software package written in php and attempting to learn php in the process.
>> 
>> I have installed (and just recently updated Apache2/Mysql5/php via macports following the instructions
>> at http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/MAMP
>> 
>> All on a Mac mini running 10.6.8 - I'm working remotely on the mini from an iMac running 7.2.
>> Both systems are "clean" Apple or Macports, without random software installs.
>> 
>> The only "non-standard-macports-way" I did things was to stick the Apache log files under
>> /var/log so I can read them with "console."  
>> 
>> Everything apparently works well and fine. 
>> All of the "tests" in that document (MMAP) pass with flying colors, including  the "phpinfo.php" test.
>> And phpmyadmin works as expected.
>> The package I am playing with also works fine.
>> 
>> However, when I visit php.net and follow their tutorial, the very first example fails.
>> 
>> <html>
>> <head>
>> <title>PHP Test</title>
>> </head>
>> <body>
>> <?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>
>> </body>
>> </html>

What is the url of this file?
Is the file extension ".php"?

> Have you uncommented the `LoadModule php5_module
> modules/libphp5.so` at line 117 in httpd.conf?

If the phpinfo.php test works then this should not be the problem.

Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)