[ervier]

I have installed Apache 2 quite a while ago, and it works allright. I would like to use PHP as well, and I understand this is installed by default on 10.3. I added a few lines to the apache config-file to activate PHP, but that doesn't seem to work. I wonder why.

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
# Use for PHP 4.x:
AddHandler php-script php
# PHP Syntax Coloring
# (optional but useful for reading PHP source for debugging):
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source phps

I added this to the file /library/apache2/conf/httpd.conf. But still the php file is served as text. It is not parsed.

Then I have another problem with Apache. I use a preference pane to restart Apache. When doing a graceful restart, it gets back in a fraction of a second. Then if I repeat this, I get an error.

If I stop the server, it takes quite a long time. If the server is stopped, starting it again results in an error, just like with the second graceful restart.

So I go to the terminal. Open the bin-directory and enter "apachectl start" (or stop). If I start, it says something about using the /private/etc/httpd/user/remote.conf file. Furthermore, if I start apache via the terminal, I get the old version started (1.3).

I suppose I'm doing a lot of things wrong here, but I can't figure out what. Can anyone help a hand?

[suthercd]

I would start by looking at your logs. You can use the tail command in the Terminal

Code:
tail -25 /var/log/httpd/error_log

The -25 integer is arbitrary; it sets the number of lines from the end of the file that will be displayed.

You can also find and view that file in the Console.

Craig

[larkost]

Well... you have a few difficulties you have to deal with:

It sounds like when you installed Apache 2 it got put in a different directory. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it means that it probably has its own version of apachectl and configuration files. It also needs its own copy of PHP compiled for Apache 2.

Next you have to find where the other copy of apachectl is hiding (probably in the new Apache directory, in a /bin folder) and use that to kick it off... you will probably also want to change the startup item of apache to kik it off rather than the Apple installed one.

Next you will have to find where this new Apache 2 looks for its web folders, as it is probably different that the other... so you will have to either adjust that, or move your content...

In other words you are going to have to get used to a lot more about Apache if you are going to play around like this.

[ervier]

It took a while, and it wasn't high on my priority list up til now, but I've fixed it tonight!

I added two lines to the apache config file:

AddType? application/x-httpd-php .php
LoadModule? php5_module modules/libphp5.so

and I copied the libphp5.so file to the modules folder of apache2. That solved everything. It took me a while to figure this out, but I'm glad I found it. Thanks for the tips!