Topic: 403 Error (forbidden) - problems installing PHP/Apache

[cc8]

Hi all I'm having some issues installing PHP 5.1.4 correctly with Apache 2.
I'm installing it binary method and have added these three lines to the httpd.conf file:

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/server/php/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"

I have created the phpinfo.php file and included:

<?PHP phpinfo(); ?>

When I open up a new IE browser and type goto http://localhost/phpinfo.php it comes up with a 403 Forbidden error. I have installed all my PHP and Apache files into C:/Server and not all separately.

If anyone knows what I have done wrong or what I haven't done, your help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers

[pnllan]

We need more info:

What version of Apache (Apache 2.0.xx or Apache 2.2.xx)?

INFO U: Running PHP as CGI binary your server is open to several possible attacks.

You might need to add something like the following:

<Directory "C:/server/php/">
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from localhost
</Directory>

My reasoning is based on the Apache root is usually set to Deny from All, and therefore every sub-folder/sub-directory inherits that setting. So you would have to Allow from All or Allow from localhost so that you would have permission to execute anything in the folder you are trying to run PHP. I've never tried to run PHP as CGI under the Apache root. For that matter, I haven't run PHP as CGI except when I first started working with PHP (even then it was for less than a day).
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