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Re: PHP Runs In WinXP Command Window But Not In Browser [message #173391 is a reply to message #173380] Thu, 07 April 2011 09:19 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Peter Lauren <peterdlauren(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Apr 4, 5:41 am, crankypuss <n...@email.thanks> wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>> On 4/3/2011 9:36 PM, Peter Lauren wrote:
>>>> On Apr 3, 8:03 am, Luuk<L...@invalid.lan>  wrote:
>>>> > On 03-04-2011 13:54, Peter Lauren wrote:
>>
>>>> >> I am using Windows XP have installed WAMP and PHP as outlined here
>>>> >>http://www.wampserver.com/en/
>>>> >> and have set my search path so that I need only type
>>>> >> php -f PHPExamples.php
>>>> >> and the PHP code runs fine. However, I have not managed to get it to
>>>> >> run in my FireFox/3.5.9 browser. When I make a simple file with the
>>>> >> following contents
>>>> >> <html>
>>>> >> <body>
>>
>>>> >> <?php
>>>> >> $txt1="Hello World!";
>>>> >> $txt2="What a nice day!";
>>
>>>> >> echo $txt1 . " " . $txt2 . " " . strlen("Hello world!") . " " .
>>>> >> strpos("Hello world!","world");
>>>> >> ?>
>>
>>>> >> </body>
>>>> >> </html>
>>
>>>> >> name it Examples.php and call it with a button thus
>>>> >> <a href="Examples.php">PHP</a>
>>
>>>> >> I just get a blank page.
>>
>>>> >> I would be grateful if someone could tell me what I am doing wrong.
>>
>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>> >> Peter.
>>
>>>> > how are you looking into this page?
>>
>>>> > what happens if you point browser to:http://localhost/Examples.php
>>
>>>> > --
>>>> > Luuk
>>
>>>> I get "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at
>>>> localhost."
>>
>>> Before you can display a the output from the PHP script, you need to be
>>> able to connect to the server.
>>
>>>> I don't think there's a problem accessing the file.  It's just that it
>>>> doesn't display anything on my browser.
>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Peter.
>>
>>> It won't, if you aren't accessing it through a web server (or the most
>>> it would display is the source code for your script).
>>
>>> To get it to work, you MUST have a running web server and be able to
>>> connect to that web server.
>>
>> ...which means you have to set up apache's configuration file.  I get
>> the idea that the OP has installed WAMP but hasn't configured apache,
>> or maybe hasn't set up the hosts file, or maybe both.
>>
>> Peter: Have you edited apache's configuration file "httpd.conf"?
>> There's a menu item for that, left-click the WAMP taskbar icon, select
>> Apache, select httpd.conf; unless you at least modify the DocumentRoot
>> specification, it'll never find your localhost's root document
>> directory.
>
> Actually that's another problem I have with the WAMP I downloaded from
> wampserver.com. I double (left) click

Double-click is not the same as left-click. It takes different
actions for each.

> on the wampmanager icon on the
> desktop and nothing happens. However I opened httpd.conf with NotePad
> and saw DocumentRoot specified by
> DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/"

I'm not sure where it is if you don't set it where you want it.

> Is the root document the Desktop virtual folder which contains the My
> Documents, My Computer, My Network Places and Recycle Bin virtual
> folders? Thanks.

I'm not sure what you're asking there. You probably need to look
through httpd.conf in some detail.

>>
>> For apache-specific stuff (like configuration details), you probably
>> ought to go to alt.apache.configuration
>
> Thanks. I've checked that out. Thank you so much for your help.

Best luck having fun with it. <g>

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