How do I know PHP runs?

[Deon H]

Hi there,

I have downloaded the whole php zip file and extracted it at c:\php

I know I have to do some alterations, with the most impoartant being to
add php to the windows path. The install.txt file that comes with php,
says I must make PHP part of the path.

I could not find this in the text file. (So I need your help on this,
please.)

I think php isn't running on my PC because I get this error when trying
to browse a *.php file:

The Page cannot be found

HTTP 400 - Bad Request
Internet Information Services


Thanx again for your prompt help and patience.

Regards,

Deon

[CJ Llewellyn]

Re: How do I know PHP runs?

"Deon H" <deonNOSPAM@pes s.co.za> wrote in message
news:Xns9574559 7070E6deonNOSPA Mpesscoza@196.2 5.240.158...[color=blue]
> Hi there,
>
> I have downloaded the whole php zip file and extracted it at c:\php
>
> I know I have to do some alterations, with the most impoartant being to
> add php to the windows path. The install.txt file that comes with php,
> says I must make PHP part of the path.
>
> I could not find this in the text file. (So I need your help on this,
> please.)[/color]

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2000/12/14/php_admin.html

[Tony Marston]

Re: How do I know PHP runs?


"Deon H" <deonNOSPAM@pes s.co.za> wrote in message
news:Xns9574559 7070E6deonNOSPA Mpesscoza@196.2 5.240.158...[color=blue]
> Hi there,
>
> I have downloaded the whole php zip file and extracted it at c:\php
>
> I know I have to do some alterations, with the most impoartant being to
> add php to the windows path. The install.txt file that comes with php,
> says I must make PHP part of the path.[/color]

It must be defined in the Windows path which is part of the environment
variables.
[color=blue]
> I could not find this in the text file. (So I need your help on this,
> please.)
>
> I think php isn't running on my PC because I get this error when trying
> to browse a *.php file:
>
> The Page cannot be found
>
> HTTP 400 - Bad Request
> Internet Information Services[/color]

Are you trying to run your PHP scripts in CLI mode or web server mode?

--
Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net

[color=blue]
>
> Thanx again for your prompt help and patience.
>
> Regards,
>
> Deon
>[/color]

[Deon H]

Re: How do I know PHP runs?

"Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.de mon.co.uk> wrote in news:cjgk5u$a45 $1
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>
> "Deon H" <deonNOSPAM@pes s.co.za> wrote in message
> news:Xns9574559 7070E6deonNOSPA Mpesscoza@196.2 5.240.158...[color=green]
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I have downloaded the whole php zip file and extracted it at c:\php
>>
>> I know I have to do some alterations, with the most impoartant being[/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
>> add php to the windows path. The install.txt file that comes with[/color][/color]
php,[color=blue][color=green]
>> says I must make PHP part of the path.[/color]
>
> It must be defined in the Windows path which is part of the[/color]
environment[color=blue]
> variables.
>[color=green]
>> I could not find this in the text file. (So I need your help on this,
>> please.)
>>
>> I think php isn't running on my PC because I get this error when[/color][/color]
trying[color=blue][color=green]
>> to browse a *.php file:
>>
>> The Page cannot be found
>>
>> HTTP 400 - Bad Request
>> Internet Information Services[/color]
>
> Are you trying to run your PHP scripts in CLI mode or web server mode?
>[/color]

Tony,
you ask if I want to run PHP scripts in CLI mode or web server mode.

I really do not have any idea. All I want to do is to test my mySQL db
on PHP I cannot do cgi scripting or any of those stuff.

Any suggestions?

Deon

[Deon H]

Re: How do I know PHP runs?

Thanx CJ,
I did as this page says, and still get the same error message.

Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

Deon

[Jeffrey Silverman]

Re: How do I know PHP runs?

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:15:00 +0000, Deon H wrote:
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> Thanx CJ,
> I did as this page says, and still get the same error message.
>
> Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
>
> Deon[/color]

Do any web pages work when you browse to them?
For example, does browsing to the URL http://localhost/default.htm
work?

What is the path (what directory) where the website files and folders
reside? Is this path properly set up in IIS?

It just sounds like you have a misconfigured web server but you are not
giving nearly enough information for anyone to really be able to help you.

later...


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