Apache does not output php

[Hidalgo]

Hi everyone!

The following problem is baffling me. I have now blown Windows XP away completely and done a clean install into 80Gb hard disk (x86). I know that httpd is running and I've added the snippets to httpd.conf that output server status and server info to the web browser, so I can see that all the required PHP stuff is loaded. So something like http://localhost/server-info works fine but something like http://localhost/helloworld.htm produces the wrong output:

contents of helloworld.htm:

<?php>
print("hello world");
print(phpinfo());
<?>

This produces in web browser:

print("hello world"); print(phpinfo());

I have also tried changing localhost to 127.0.0.1 but same result.

Have I missed something? The following is my inventory of php-related software:

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep php

php-5.2.6-2.fc8
phpMyAdmin-3.1.1-1.fc8
php-common-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-manual-en-20070617-1.fc8
php-mysql-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-cli-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-mbstring-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-mcrypt-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-Smarty-2.6.20-2.fc8
gphpedit-0.9.91-3.fc6
php-pdo-5.2.6-2.fc8

[root@localhost ~]#

here's what the same command lists for Apache:

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep httpd

httpd-2.2.9-1.fc8
httpd-tools-2.2.9-1.fc8
httpd-manual-2.2.9-1.fc8

[root@localhost ~]#

I hope its something basic?!

Many thanks in anticipation

[jpollard]

Is the SELinux boolean "httpd_builtin_scripting" enabled?

I'm not sure what enabled it on my system (whether it was done as part of
apache/php/.. installation or something else). But if it is off, scripting
is disabled...

You can see the value by "getsebool -a | grep httpd" which will show
all booleans related to web server use.

[pete_1967]

Originally Posted by Hidalgo

Hi everyone!

The following problem is baffling me. I have now blown Windows XP away completely and done a clean install into 80Gb hard disk (x86). I know that httpd is running and I've added the snippets to httpd.conf that output server status and server info to the web browser, so I can see that all the required PHP stuff is loaded. So something like http://localhost/server-info works fine but something like http://localhost/helloworld.htm produces the wrong output:

contents of helloworld.htm:

<?php>
print("hello world");
print(phpinfo());
<?>

This produces in web browser:

print("hello world"); print(phpinfo());

I have also tried changing localhost to 127.0.0.1 but same result.

Have I missed something? The following is my inventory of php-related software:

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep php

php-5.2.6-2.fc8
phpMyAdmin-3.1.1-1.fc8
php-common-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-manual-en-20070617-1.fc8
php-mysql-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-cli-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-mbstring-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-mcrypt-5.2.6-2.fc8
php-Smarty-2.6.20-2.fc8
gphpedit-0.9.91-3.fc6
php-pdo-5.2.6-2.fc8

[root@localhost ~]#

here's what the same command lists for Apache:

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep httpd

httpd-2.2.9-1.fc8
httpd-tools-2.2.9-1.fc8
httpd-manual-2.2.9-1.fc8

[root@localhost ~]#

I hope its something basic?!

Many thanks in anticipation

You have two options, and one error in your script, error first:
<?php starts, and ?> terminates php script block.
Second error is you don't print phpinfo(), it's a function that prints out php information so do phpinfo(); alone, drop the print preceding it.

Then to your two options:
1) rename your file to helloworld.php or
2) change the line 'AddHandler php5-script .php' to 'AddHandler php5-script .php .htm' in your /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf and restart the server

And last but not least, visit www.php.net and start reading the manuals.

[assen]

Hi,

Check your httpd.conf - Apache recognizes files by extensions, so .htm is probably of type text/html where Apache will not try to execute anything. Either rename file to .php or change the .htm handler in http.conf.

WWell,

[Hidalgo]

Thanks for that. In my case however, the problem was elsewhere as I have SELinux turned off (its a web development workstation and with SELinux turned on, my work rate would be severely hampered!).

Originally Posted by jpollard

Is the SELinux boolean "httpd_builtin_scripting" enabled?

I'm not sure what enabled it on my system (whether it was done as part of
apache/php/.. installation or something else). But if it is off, scripting
is disabled...

You can see the value by "getsebool -a | grep httpd" which will show
all booleans related to web server use.

---------- Post added at 05:43 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 05:00 PM CDT ----------

Of course!!! Its simply caused by me assuming that php blocks had XML-style delimiters. Changing to <?php
.
.
.
blah...
blah...
.
.
.
?>
solved the problem. This is what happens when you immerse yourself in too many different technologies - thanks!

-Richard Prangnell ("Hidalgo")
www.prangnell.co.uk

PS By the way, print(phpinfo()) works fine, although it is overkill in this instance as the function itself calls print(). But when things start to go wrong... I try anything!

Originally Posted by pete_1967

You have two options, and one error in your script, error first:
<?php starts, and ?> terminates php script block.
Second error is you don't print phpinfo(), it's a function that prints out php information so do phpinfo(); alone, drop the print preceding it.

Then to your two options:
1) rename your file to helloworld.php or
2) change the line 'AddHandler php5-script .php' to 'AddHandler php5-script .php .htm' in your /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf and restart the server

And last but not least, visit www.php.net and start reading the manuals.

---------- Post added at 05:48 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 05:43 PM CDT ----------

Absolutely!

QUOTE=assen;1383440]Hi,

Check your httpd.conf - Apache recognizes files by extensions, so .htm is probably of type text/html where Apache will not try to execute anything. Either rename file to .php or change the .htm handler in http.conf.
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