Posted by Newt on 09/06/07 19:24

Lammi wrote:
> On 6 Sep., 01:04, Newt <new...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> I've compiled MySQL 4.1, PHP 4.4.7 and Apache 1.3.37.
>>
>> When I try to use phpinfo() to ensure everything is OK, I get the
>> following message:
>>
>> Warning: Unknown(/usr/local/apache/htdocs/test.php): failed to open
>> stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0
>>
>> Warning: (null)() [function.include]: Failed opening
>> '/usr/local/apache/htdocs/test.php' for inclusion
>> (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in Unknown on line 0
>>
>> Is this some form of security issue?
>>
>> Secondly, I'm only doing this because the servers on the web I have
>> access to run similar versions of AMP. If I develop under Apache 2, PHP
>> 5.* and MySQL 5.*, is it expected that the PHP pages and database will
>> work OK under MySQL 4.1, PHP 4.4.7 and Apache 1.3.37 ?
>
> seems to be a permission problem, check if the apache-user is allowed
> to access /htdocs and test.php.
>
> in your developement enviroment the apache-version doesn't really
> matter. php5-scripts may work on php4, as long you're not coding
> object oriented. mysql5 databses are compatible to mysql4 databases,
> but there are several new functions in mysql5, that will fail on
> mysql4 (subselects for example).
>
Hmm. Having just started apache, it's currently running as nobody. I
take it that isn't a good thing then...

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