Topic: Issue with Apache and PHP testing, need help.....

[GOLDSPARK27]

I haven't done a search to find an answer to the problem I am having with installation, but after having posted my problem on other forums, it seems no one is familiar with installing Apache and PHP, so here it is, my problem:

httpd-2.4.4-win32.zip when I extract this file I have the folder Apache24 (and all the files within)

I placed the folder in C:/Apache24

I configured the conf.httpd file to change the ports to be listened to (as mentioned before), I also added the following line to the bottom of the file
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_4.dll"
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
# configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir "C:/php"
As instructed.

I also installed PHP 5.4.12, moved the folder to c:/php

I went into my system environment variables and added this in path: ;c:\php;c:\apache24;c:\apache24\bin;

Apache 2.4 now starts and at the bottom I see Apache/2.4.4(Win32)PHP/5.4.12, not sure if that means its working properly now, as when I go to test it with a file I created in php:

#http://localhost/info.php

no information about PHP appears in my browser like I was told it should.

Also I get these errors when I run the apache test configuration file:

The Apache service named reported the following error:
>>> Unable to open logs .

The Apache service named reported the following error:
>>> no listening sockets available, shutting down .

The Apache service named reported the following error:
>>> (OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:8888 (no other service or application is using this port number)

[glsmith]

[Jan-E]

Create the directory C:\Apache24\logs to get rid about the error on not being able to open the logs.

[GOLDSPARK27]

Where exactly do I create this directory?

In the Apache24 folder there is a logs folder, which contains the following files:

error.log and access.log

[James Blond]

What folder seems to be correct. Did you install apache as service?

[GOLDSPARK27]

yes Apache actually runs and starts as a service

The problem is it seems to all be ok, but when I got to put:

http://localhost:8888/info.php

I get nothing in the browser.

I changed the port from 80 to 8888 to be listen and
serverName changed it to :8888 (www.localhost.com:8888), but I get nothing on the browser when I try to test it.

[James Blond]

you may post your error log at pastebin.com So we can have a look at it.
Did you restart the server after changing the config? You have any vhosts?
Which url do you try to open in your browser? www.localhost.com:8888?? Why not just http://localhost:8888 ?

[GOLDSPARK27]

I first tried localhost:8888 that didn't work, so I then tried www.localhost.com:8888, because thats what I changed the serverName to

serverName www.localhost.com:8888

before that I had put :8888, but didn't work so tried something different.

I've never used pastebin before.

After making changes to the necessary files I restarted apache and started the service again, it all seemed to work fine until when I tried to test it, I couldn't view my info.php file I created to test it.

[James Blond]

www.localhost.com will not work unless you change your DNS resolving via DNS server or your hosts file.

Well http://pastebin.com/ is just something where you can post your config without flooding this forum and we can take a look

[GOLDSPARK27]

Ok it seems to work ok now, but only when I insert

http://localhost:8888 in the browser

BUT!

when I insert http://localhost:8888/info.php

I don't get anything, it just stays loading.

I have my info.php file in the Apache24 directory, is this where it needs to be to show in the browser?

[James Blond]

[dhiekanug]

i have same problem, apache running well, but when i test to open php file (http://localhost/phpinfo.php) browser only loading and no result

any suggestion?

[dhiekanug]

response myself

my php could running well now, i have PHP 5.4.5-Win64 which not have php-ini file, and when i put php-ini file in php folder, it works now

thx all

[NetLost]

My problem is similar. Loaded Apache in C/Server/Apache, set conf., and subsequently PHP.ini in C/Server/PHP on Windows 8. HTML with CSS and Javascript work properly from htdocs when called by localhost/.... However only the PHP code is displayed in test browsers.

Following much research and faqs looked at setup on my old computer installed about 6-7 years ago for Apache,PHP,MySql. There are php.dll and php.ini files in Windows/System and Windows/System32 respectively. On this new 64bit machine Windows/System is empty, Windows/System32 there is php5ts.dll which I copied accross. Still only get <?php PHPInfo() ?> displayed in browsers from localhost.

Somehow Windows and/or Apache are not finding PHP. Hope this helps as if it does, it will also help me.

NetLost

[glsmith]

Post XP there's a good chance (unless you were logged in as Administrator) that php5ts.dll & php.ini are not really in the Windows folder but in c:\users\username\appdata\local\virtualstore\windows

There really is no need to have them there anymore anyway.

Here's my config for PHP 5.4 on Apache 2.4, adjust paths to yours

[NetLost]