PHP Programming - How do I know PHP runs?

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How do I know PHP runs?

Deon H

2004-09-30, 2:55 am

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

2004-09-30, 11:24 am

Tony Marston

2004-09-30, 11:24 am

"Deon H" <deonNOSPAM@pess.co.za> wrote in message
news:Xns95745597070E6deonNOSPAMpesscoza@
196.25.240.158...
> 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.

It must be defined in the Windows path which is part of the environment
variables.

> 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

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

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Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net

>
> Thanx again for your prompt help and patience.
>
> Regards,
>
> Deon
>

Deon H

2004-09-30, 11:24 am

"Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:cjgk5u$a45$1
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>
> "Deon H" <deonNOSPAM@pess.co.za> wrote in message
> news:Xns95745597070E6deonNOSPAMpesscoza@
196.25.240.158...
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>
> It must be defined in the Windows path which is part of the
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> variables.
>
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>
> Are you trying to run your PHP scripts in CLI mode or web server mode?
>

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

2004-09-30, 11:24 am

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

2004-09-30, 11:24 am

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:15:00 +0000, Deon H wrote:

> Thanx CJ,
> I did as this page says, and still get the same error message.
>
> Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
>
> Deon

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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