Posted by Dimitris Mexis on 09/17/05 20:53

ishtar wrote:
> Rincewind wrote:
>
>>On 17 Sep 2005 05:11:14 -0700, jpwood@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Rincewind wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 16 Sep 2005 20:48:30 -0700, ishtar wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>All I want to do is setup my web server at home to use blog software. I
>>>>>downloaded a freeware program from sourceforge.net called simpleblog.
>>>>>All it says I need to do is install PHP which seems simple enough. I
>>>>>goto PHP's web site and install PHP but none of the file associations
>>>>>on my computer see PHP files as anything? The first step of using
>>>>>simpleblog is to simply double-click on index.php but even if I
>>>>>associate PHP's executable to the PHP extension it simply pops up a
>>>>>quick DOS window and then disappears and nothing happens.
>>>>>
>>>>>I would have simply thought if I installed PHP on my PC I could run PHP
>>>>>files. Admittedly I am a newbie at this so any help is appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>RTFM http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.general.php
>>>><Quote> For the first and most common form, you need three things: PHP
>>>>itself, a web server and a web browser</Quote> Notice which one of the
>>>>three things your missing?
>>>
>>>I already have all 3 and thus why I am confused:
>>>
>>>1. PHP was installed from php.net following their exact instructions.
>>>2. The web server I am using is Abyss by Aprelium and followed the
>>>exact instructions to have it work with PHP...found here:
>>>
>>>http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php.html
>>>
>>>3. I am using Windows XP Pro and obviously it comes with IE 6.0
>>>
>>>Again, all I want to do is run an index.php file but all I see right
>>>now is either a quick dos window flash or if I hit my web server by
>>>going to http://localhost I see the script inside index.php itself.
>>
>>save the following as a .php file then run it from you www folder:
>>
>><?php
>>phpinfo()
>>?>
>>
>>if you get only the code returned then you have not installed PHP correctly
>>to your server, if you get a long list of PHP info then it works. But it
>>sound as though you may have missed something in the install procedure.
>
>
>
> Thanks so much for the response. I must have installed it wrong but it
> seemed pretty straight-forward and I also tried using an all in one
> install like apachetriad which supposedly installs everything without
> hardly any user input.
>
> My only question is this. If PHP is installed correctly on my PC
> shouldn't I simply be able to click on index.php and have internet
> explorer open it and run it like a regular web page and not just
> display script?
>
> Thanks again.
> Ishtar
>

in linux there is an executable, php-cgi... perhaps you may find it in
windows like...php-cgi.exe (?)

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