Specifications

FIGURE A.1
The default test page provided by Apache.
Is PHP Support Working?
Now we will test for PHP support. Create a file with the name of test.php with the following
code in it. The file needs to be located in document root path, which should be set up by
default to
/usr/local/apache/htdocs. Note that this is dependent on the directory prefix that
we chose initially. However, this could be changed in the
httpd.conf.
<? phpinfo() ?>
The output screen should look like Figure A.2.
Installing PHP 4 and MySQL
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PPENDIX A
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INSTALLING PHP 4
AND MYSQL
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You can connect to the server with a domain name or using the actual IP address of
the computer. Check both cases, to ensure that everything is working properly.
Note
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