HELP: Can't get Apache and/or PHP to work

External Since: Aug 30, 2004 Posts: 2

After a break of a few months, I'm trying to revive my Apache/PHP/MySQL configuration on my PC so I
can start a tutorial programme.

Unfortunately, since I last used it, the evironment no longer seems to work. These programs were
*never* deleted or meddled with - it's just I haven't started the Apache server for a few months.

I've been testing a basic PHP script to make sure all is OK, but can't get it to work properly.

The script is
"<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Today's Date</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>Today's Date (according to this Web server) is
<?php
echo( date("l, F dS Y.") );
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>"

The result I get is just
"Today's Date (according to this Web server) is"
ie. the date itself isn't displayed!

I've Started Apache in 'Console Mode' and also started the 'Apache Service Monitor' (which fails to
find any services).

I've checked that the http.conf file still has specified:
"LoadModule php4_module C:\PHP\sapi\php4apache2.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php"

I'm running Apache on my own PC (listening on address 127.0.0.1:80). This is unchanged from before.

All seems ok - except that PHP doesn't seem to run properly. (Date not displayed in the test
script).

I seem to be getting Apache error log msgs, but no Access log msgs. The error log has like:-
"[Mon Aug 30 16:22:51 2004] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Mon Aug 30 16:22:51 2004] [notice] Child 3436: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Mon Aug 30 16:22:52 2004] [notice] Child 3436: Released the start mutex
[Mon Aug 30 16:22:53 2004] [notice] Child 3436: Waiting for 250 worker threads to exit.
[Mon Aug 30 16:22:53 2004] [notice] Child 3436: All worker threads have exited.
[Mon Aug 30 16:22:53 2004] [notice] Child 3436: Child process is exiting
[Mon Aug 30 16:22:53 2004] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
[Mon Aug 30 16:37:44 2004] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2092
[Mon Aug 30 16:37:44 2004] [notice] Child 2092: Child process is running
[Mon Aug 30 16:37:44 2004] [notice] Child 2092: Acquired the start mutex.
[Mon Aug 30 16:37:44 2004] [notice] Child 2092: Starting 250 worker threads."

The server log has nothing added since a few months ago.

QUESTION also --- how can I tell that the Apache server really is serving ????? (ie. that I'm not
just seeing normal IE disply of web pages on the PC without any local web server running???)

Is Apache more likely the problem here than the PHP config??

Any ideas???

External Since: Aug 30, 2004 Posts: 2

"Richard White" <whiter.DeleteThis@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:2ph1a0Fkir5sU1@uni-berlin.de...
Just in case someone thought that the previous reply to the OP actually answered it - it didn't.

How do I tell if my Apache server is actually *working*. (Not just running, but working and serving
the pages!).??

This may be the problem, as I can't see anything wrong with the PHP config. But can't tell whether
Apache is having any effect or not?