[sclug] php problems

[Stuart Major]

Taiyo Rawle wrote:

>--- Stuart Major <stuartmajor at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
>
>  
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>>Keith Edmunds wrote:
>>
>> > Stuart Major wrote:
>> >
>> >> Am I correct in thinking php is a scripting
>>language, that I need to 
>>somehow get to run?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Yes. I don't know which Linux distribution you
>>are using, but you 
>>need to install a "php4" or "mod_php" package (the
>>names vary from one 
>>distro to the next).
>>
>>
>>Thanks Keith,
>>
>>Running Suse 9.0 on my box and uploading to a site
>>that has php 
>>programming and MySQL but not MySQL web interface.
>>
>>http://www.greenwebhost.net/hostingfeatures.htm
>>
>>Do I need this or do I need to upload phpMyAdmin?
>>
>>Apologies for more question, but I am really in the
>>dark.
>>    
>>
>
>The OS on your machine is largely irrelevant, as it is
>the OS on the server that you have uploaded the
>website to that the scripts will be executed on.
>Looking at the greenwebhost feature page, it should
>all work as they provide PHP and MySQL. 
>  
>
>What errors do you get when trying to access php
>scripts on your server?
>
>  
>

Hi Taiyo,

The error I get is:

 Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Apache/2.0.54 (Red Hat) Server at www.thebluejays.co.uk Port 80

>> > Then you need to tell Apache that files ending in
>>".php" should be 
>>interpreted as PHP files.
>>
>>
>>
>>How do I tell Apache about the .php files, I have a
>>index.php file that 
>>I presume initiates the site in some way?
>>
>>Thanks again, Stuart.
>>    
>>
>
>Generally, index.php or index.html or index.whatever
>is the default file displayed for the directory it's
>in. For example, uless configured otherwise,
>www.website.kom and www.website.kom/index.php will
>both load index.php. Other than that, a file called
>index has no real significance over files of other
>names.
>  
>

I created a file index.html and it loaded that OK.

>Telling Apache how to deal with different filetypes
>often requires editing a config file or using a remote
>admin tool like webmin, but as green webhosting
>provide PHP functionality then this will almost
>cirtainly have been done for you.
>
>Did the website work correctly on your machine before
>you uploaded it?
>
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>

Yes, it worked fine!

Thanks, Stuart.

>Cheers!
>-Taiyo
>
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