Apache :: Calling php scripts from html form ?

asinsh · Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 24

I've now got steffen's latest win32 binary build installed and my phpbb forum is up and running perfectly. Thanks!

Only issue, which I'm sure is just a configuration one: I have a number of html forms in a folder on my server that call php scripts I've written for various things. They worked fine on apache 2.0.55.

Now that I've upgraded to apache 2.2.0, here's what happens:

the html files display fine when viewed in a browser through apache but but when I submit the forms and they take me to the php scipts, the php scripts no longer seem to actually run. Instead, they output php source code that looks something like this:

Steffen

Hard to say what is the issue. I do not know how you call php in the .html files.

You say:
I submit the forms and they take me to the php scripts.

What do you mean by "submit the forms" and "take me to the php scripts" ?

Steffen

ps.
I hope you do not mind that I made a seperate topic of your issue.

asinsh · Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 24

THanks for responding (and so quickly!). I have pasted a sample of one of the problem html forms below. As you can see, the first line of the code tells the html to redirect to headcount.php when the user clicks to submit the form. It should redirect and execute the script called headcount.php (and it did that perfectly in apache 2.0.55), but instead it displays the source code of headcount.php in the browser. Anyway, here's the html form:

Steffen

I tried above script and it redirects here.

Steffen

asinsh · Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 24

asinsh · Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 24

I have a partial answer. The php files in question started with <? rather than <?php

That used to work fine on my server but now I see I need to add 'php' after the <? at the top of each php file in my apache 2.2.0 setup.

I imagine I must have had some line in my apache 2.0.55 conf file that told it that anything that begins with <? is php and I guess I don't have that in my apache 2.2.0 conf file. Not a big deal.

pnllan · Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 221

With regards to being able to use <? in PHP script or not, that is purely a PHP Configuration Issue...not Apache.

In PHP, it is referred to by most as Short Tags. Different people have different opinions on using short tags. It really doesn't hurt anything to use short tags, but there are purist out there who like adhering to current standards and would rather not use anything that is considered deprecated.

In the PHP.INI file, locate the directive short_open_tag. If it is set to OFF, then that is why <? was not working.

As far as 'pushing out' raw PHP, I have seen this before. I cannot remember exactly what is was, but it was definitely a PHP Configuration Issue (might have been a missing opening tag issue - which react similiarly to what you are experiencing). Comb through your PHP.INI, and compare it to the last working PHP.INI file. It sounds like you should try turning on short tags. I might be wrong, but I'll take it on the chin if I am.

Let us know how it turns out.

asinsh · Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 24

pnllan · Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 221

Glad to here the problem is fixed. Very Happy

It is rather curious that you were able to run instantiated PHP with short tags when short tags were not enabled.

Are you running PHP Apache module that Steffen offers in downloads? Wink

What version of PHP were you running with Apache 2.0.55? Embarassed

You never said.

In the past, was your PHP running as a CGI binary?

asinsh · Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 24

pnllan · Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 221

I was just curious and seeking possbilities.

That is definitely unusual, but what counts is that you are up and running now.

asinsh · Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 24

Well, I now know why I didn't need to turn on short tags in my php.ini file for my earlier setup with apache 2.0.55:

I have in my apache conf file the following line which should tell apache to execute php files rather than treating them as text files:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

That line worked fine for apache 2.0.55 but does not seem to do anything for apache 2.2. Maybe I need to tweak that line for apache 2.2? Or maybe there is some other change I made on my server when I upgraded to 2.2 that keeps that conf line from working right?

VeronicaSpivy · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Earth

Hi - I know this post was from awhile back, but I had the same problem as you did regarding the php loading as text and not executing as an executable php file. My problem was that I was testing from the file directly (i.e. C:\webs\test\orderform.html) instead of using localhost (http://localhost/orderform.html). Once I changed the url to use localhost then the php file executed fine. Possibly not your solution but maybe it was late at night while you were testing Wink