Firstly, please forgive me if this is in the wrong section (and could you tell where this should be?)
I am starting to use Laravel, and it requires PHP with Mcrypt.
So I followed the tutorial for Homebrew and have got PHP5.4 set up with Mcrypt
Typing which php and php -v at the terminal all confirm that this PHP 5.4.24 is loaded and are ready to go.
However, the output of phpinfo() in the localhost directory (via Apache) shows I am using PHP 5.4.17 with no Mcrypt.
OK, so I know I should have set up the httpd.conf with:
LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/opt/php54/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
And when I do that, I get the right PHP version in Apache, but PHP seems to fail in subdirectories.
I have a file index.php at localhost/test containing <? echo phpinfo();?>, and...
...it works when the line in httpd.conf says this: LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so...
...but does not work when I change to homebrew's suggestion.
Any ideas?
TL;DR...
When I set up httpd.conf to work with php54 (installed via Homebrew), then PHP is executed in the home directory of localhost, but not in the subdirectories.
Oh. You. Idiot.
This post proves that I am, without a doubt, the biggest fool that walked the earth.
Clearly, short tags are turned off in the newer version of PHP but not in the older one.
So everything was working fine - if only I had used <?php echo phpinfo(); ?> then I could have saved about 8 hours of tears.
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I just want to start by saying thank you in advance, this has been driving me crazy.
I installed PHP, and Apache on my raspberry pi and am doing some home projects. When I go to my website it pulls up HTML fine, but when opening my php files it just displays my code.
Steps Taken:
Verified PHP is indeed installed on my server.
I disabled mpm_event, and enabled mpm_prefork, and then also enabled php7.3 and restarted apache.
I looked inside the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file and couldn't find any LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so line anywhere. I saw some other answers point to this being the issue but I tried adding the line (using php7) into the conf file but still no luck. Not sure if this is necessary just saw other posts mention it so I gave it a try!
Not sure if this is relevant, but when I enable mpm_prefork, and php7.3 the website doesn't display code anymore and it gives me an HTTP ERROR 412 "The page isn't working"
I had a lot of problems with PHP, Apache, Try setting it up using this site : https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/web-server/apache.md
I hope you get it working, if any questions appear during installation, I can help.
I've just installed Apache, MySQL and PHP 7 on an Ubuntu 14.04 machine. I began by installing PHP 5.5, and then upgraded to PHP 7 - although admittedly I didn't test PHP 5.5 before upgrading. Probably should have done that.
I've created a test PHP script (info.php) to see if everything is working:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
The script executes and displays the phpinfo output as expected when I run it in the Terminal, but when I open it in a browser I get a blank screen. Have checked to make sure I have the right URL etc.
I also get a blank screen if I try the following:
<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>
If I add HTML elements before the PHP code, these are displayed in the browser just fine.
I've turned display_errors to On in php.ini, and checked the Apache error log, which isn't showing anything strange. I can't find a PHP error log in the etc/php/7.0 folder or any of its subfolders.
I have noticed that in the etc/php5 folder I have three subfolders: apache2, cli and mods-available - but in the etc/php/7.0 folder I have no apache2 subfolder - in its place I have a subfolder named fpm.
This is suggesting to me that I simply don't have PHP7 set up as an Apache module, but maybe someone could confirm this for me? I'm not sure how to check this.
Can anyone suggest anything?
Thanks in advance,
Gareth
The problem here turned out to be that I simply hadn't installed mod_php as part of the PHP 7 installation process.
To rectify this I entered the following in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.0
Everything appears to be working as expected now.
php is not working in my computer. I have installed Apache server and save the file with .php extension in htdocs but still its not working.
I have written these code:
<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>
it shows nothing. I have opened .htaccess file and got,
# This folder does not require access over HTTP
# (the following directive denies access by default)
Order allow,deny
what can I do now.please help me.
Open the Apache server log and take a good look at it. That's what it's there for. It logs everything. Is in /logs in your Apache programs directory.
You either don't have php installed into Apache correctly (likely), don't have Apache set up correctly, or don't have PHP set up correctly.
You'll want to look at conf/httpd.conf for Apache configuration, and php.ini for php configuration.
Sort out Apache first. Try to serve a simple .htm or .html page. i.e. put a simple text file with .htm file extension, e.g. myfile.htm, in your DocumentRoot (see conf/httpd.conf) and see if you can browse to it.
You might want to set 'ServerName localhost', and then browse to localhost/myfile.htm
From the Apache log you will also be able to tell if php is loading correctly. If not comment out the list of extensions, e.g. extension=php_gd2.dll, and try it again. I've had it not load because some of the libraries were not present. If you get it to work with all commented out, then one way or another figure out which ones are causing the trouble and leave them out.
Important: You must shutdown Apache and restart it after any configuration changes. (Not re-boot, but rather the Apache server monitor widget.)
Also did you install 32 bit versions of both Apache and php? If you try to mix x64 with x32 it won't work. And as I recall there are specific recommendations about which versions to use with which at the php download site. Pay attention to the details there.
I recomend you to add the php module to apache
a.Running PHP 5 as an Apache Module
To configure Apache to load PHP as a module to parse your PHP scripts, use an ASCII text editor to open the Apache configuration file, "httpd.conf". If you use Apache 1.x, the file is found in "c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\conf\". Apache 2.0.x users can find it in "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\" while Apache 2.2.x users can find it in "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\". Basically, it's in the "conf" folder of wherever you installed Apache.
Search for the section of the file that has a series of "LoadModule" statements. Statements prefixed by the hash "#" sign are regarded as having been commented out.
If you are using Apache 1.x, add the following line after all the LoadModule statements:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache.dll"
If you are using Apache 2.0.x, add the following line after all the LoadModule statements:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
If you are using Apache 2.2.x, add the following line instead:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"
This steps can be found on this link
Thank you everybody who tried to give my answer and helped me. It was a surprising experience for me that how quick you answered my question!! It was my ignorance to follow your suggestions. I've solved the problem by installing xampp. Now php is running fine in my computer.I am new in PHP programming and I will ask your help in future also. So be helpful to me always. I will be grateful to you. Thanks again.
Kallol Das,
Bangladesh.
The current version of MAMP that I have only has php 5.2.17 and 5.4.4. I need 5.3.X. Is there a way to add additional versions that can be selected in the MAMP interfaces php preferences? This is for the free version of MAMP, not MAMP PRO.
Thanks
Found a quick fix in the MAMP forums.
Basically it seems MAMP is only allowing 2 versions of PHP to show up. Quick fix, rename the folders you're not bothered about using, for me this meant adding an "X" to my /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10_X folder. Now 5.2.17 and 5.3.20 show up in the mamp prefs.
Done!
Edit - if the PHP version you require isn't in the PHP folder, you can download the version you require from http://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/
Edit - MAMP don't seem to provide links to the alternative PHP versions on the download page any more. Use WayBackMachine https://web.archive.org/web/20180131074715/http://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/
If you need to be able to switch between more than two versions at a time, you can use the following to change the version of PHP manually.
MAMP automatically rewrites the following line in your /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf file when it restarts based on the settings in preferences. You can comment out this line and add the second one to the end of your file:
# Comment this out just under all the modules loaded
# LoadModule php5_module /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.x.x/modules/libphp5.so
At the bottom of the httpd.conf file, you'll see where additional configurations are loaded from the extra folder. Add this to the bottom of the httpd.conf file
# PHP Version Change
Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-php.conf
Then create a new file here: /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-php.conf
# Uncomment the version of PHP you want to run with MAMP
# LoadModule php5_module /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.2.17/modules/libphp5.so
# LoadModule php5_module /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.27/modules/libphp5.so
# LoadModule php5_module /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.19/modules/libphp5.so
LoadModule php5_module /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.3/modules/libphp5.so
After you have this setup, just uncomment the version of PHP you want to use and restart the servers!
MAMP takes only two highest versions of the PHP in the following folder
/Application/MAMP/bin/php
As you can see here highest versions are 7.0.10 and 5.6.25
Now 7.0.10 version is removed and as you can see highest two versions are
5.6.25 and 5.5.38 as shown in preferences
I'm using the free version of MAMP on mac (27 of April of 2021, MAMP version 6.3) and the #LiveSource answer helped me to find a solution.
My MAMP is not showing more than 2 option on the dropdown and on the /Applications/MAMP/bin/php has 7 options of PHP version. So the MAMP will display the latest 2.
To solve it I changed the name of all PHP version folders that I would not like to use. This way only 2 folders will be compatible with MAMP and my desired versions will display on the dropdown.
I added a _X in the end but you can add anything.
After doing the change, close the MAMP and open it again.
See the screenshots of the solution working.
First stop the Server if its running. Go to "/Applications/MAMP/bin/", rename the PHP Version you don't need (MAMP is only allowed to use 2 PHP Versions), e.g. "_php5.2.17". Now MAMP will use the php versions that are left. Go to the MAMP Manager and then settings, then switch to the php version you need.
One problem with this solution I encountered was the httpd process (took me a while to figure that out xD). If you have the httpd process running in the background, then the php switch won't work, until you stop those processes (sometimes MAMP has an awkward problem to stop the server, thats why this process can be still alive). Start your Activity Monitor on your Mac (Shortcut: Press Command+Space and type in activity...), go to the Search Function and type in "httpd", close all those processes. Now you should be able to switch your PHP Version with the MAMP Manager.
Maybe easy like this?
Compiled binaries of the PHP interpreter can be found at http://www.mamp.info/en/ downloads/index.html . Drop this downloaded folder into your /Applications/MAMP/bin/php! directory. Close and re-open your MAMP PRO application. Your new PHP version should now appear in the PHP drop down menu. MAMP PRO will only support PHP versions from the downloads page.
Additional Version of PHP can be installed directly from the APP (using MAMP PRO v5 at least).
Here's how (All Steps):
MAMP PRO --> Preferences --> click [Check Now] to check for updates (even if you have automatic updates enabled!) --> click [Show PHP Versions] --> Install as needed!
Step-by-step screenshots:
The easiest solution I found is to just rename the php folder version as such:
Shut down the servers
Rename the folder containing the php version that you don't need in /Applications/MAMP/bin/php. php7.3.9 --> _php7.3.9
That way only two of them will be read by MAMP. Done!
Honestly try using Docker had such a headache with MAMP and php versions.
Use this to get it up and running its simple.
https://github.com/harshalone/docker-compose-lamp
git clone https://github.com/harshalone/docker-compose-lamp.git
cd docker-compose-lamp/
cp sample.env .env
// modify sample.env as needed
docker-compose up -d
// visit localhost
In the bin folder you will see your php versions.
Change the version you want to use in your .env file PHPVERSION=php7.4
You can watch this tutorial. Wish I had started using docker earlier it will save you a tonne of issues and time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTeY3npy1gU
The file /Applications/MAMP/bin/mamp/mamp.conf.json holds the MAMP configuration, look for the section:
{
"name": "PHP",
"version": "5.6.28, 7.0.20"
}
which lists the the php versions which will be displayed in the GUI, obviously you need to have downloaded the PHP version from the MAMP site first and placed it in /Applications/MAMP/bin/php for this to work.
I'm trying to setup an Apache/PHP/Postgresql server locally on my machine. I'm using Windows vista business 32bit. I tried to install everything manually (one thing at a time, apache, postgresql and php (all the latest stable releases)) and after I get everything up and running.
Whenever I try to run a script on my machine, I get a "What do you want to do with the *.php file?" dialog. The dialog is the browser's open/save dialog
I'm just trying to get the output of phpinfo() to make sure everything is up and running...
I already tried to mess around a bit with the Apache conf file, but since I don't know much about what I'm doing, I reinstalled everything again and the problem is still there. I kinda get the feeling it must have something to do with the PHP thingy isn't correctly installed.
When i try to get the output of phpinfo as in:
<pre><?php
phpinfo();
?></pre>
I get the browser's "Open/Save" dialog for the *.php file.
You should have something like this in your httpd.conf file:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
PHPIniDir "c:/php"
Make sure that's in place, and don't forget to restart apache!
In Windows, the default location for your conf file is C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf
You can also have a look at the official page of PHP in the install section.
There is a closer link if you are on Windows.
And you can also use some precompiled installer for this like XAMMP and install Postgres after all is set up and running with the web server and php.
are you on Windows?
I use Wamp server, which is an excellent way of getting Apache, MySQL and PHP installed and configured without any hassle on Windows.
If you want to use Postgres instead, provided that you've got it installed separately it will work fine. (one great thing you can do with Wamp is add and remove PHP extensions via a GUI pretty much on-the-fly, and pgsql is one of them).
Maybe somebody can help, but you'd be much better off if you'd provide some relevant details.
What sort of system are you using? Be specific.
What do you mean by "everything up and running"?
What are you doing when you "try to run a script"?
What installation procedures did you use? (If you were following them off a script or how-to, we at least need to know where to find the script or how-to.)
We don't automatically know these things. What seems obvious to you may not be clear to us, and what seems irrelevant to you may turn out to be crucial.
In httpd.conf, make sure the PHP module is being loaded and that that line isn't commented out. (Comments in httpd.conf starts with #.)
Also what OS are you running?
I had the same problem, You need to configure apache and add the php module...
e.g I compiled the php from source as well as the apache. After doing so I then copied the libphp5.so from php/lib dir in to the apache/modules dir. Than you have to add php in the http.conf
LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
AddHandler php5-script php
you can then restart apache....it's not the most elegant of solutions but it works.