Comments on: Running PHP Applications on Linux

By: Shaheen

Shaheen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:08:55 +0000

hi,
i am a very newbie with this OS, and i have the same problem, and still i am not able to view the php page of an application, i googled and i knew that there is a common problem with php on apache but i am not able to resolve, any idea from where to start troubleshooting?

By: Manish

Manish — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:32:25 +0000

To execute PHP scripts, you need to keep them as .php extension.

The problem you might be facing is that the package libapache2-mod-php5 might not be installed properly. This is the package which takes care of PHP running with Apache. That is, its the php module for apache.

As the package description says:
This package provides the PHP5 module for the Apache 2 webserver (as found in the apache2 mpm-prefork package). Please note that this package ONLY works with Apache’s prefork MPM.

By: xcorsary

xcorsary — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:15:10 +0000

hi,
i am a totally newie to php, and found your tutorial to the installation very good, so tkx! i installed has you said in my xubuntu 8.10.
The localhost shows me an “it works” page. But when i try to reach a .php file, it doesnt show it. Firefox asks me to download it! And if i hide the php script in a .html file, it wont appear.
any ideas why so?

tkx again

By: Manish

Manish — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:47:19 +0000

Which php file? Please make it clear with the thing you trying to do.

All the php files/scripts/apps run fine with this method.

By: desbest

desbest — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:42:23 +0000

php files do not work with your method.

By: Manish

Manish — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:51:15 +0000

@David
I think its related to osCommerce, frontends should be provided for these work. You need not goto Database and confirm orders.
Database is meant for communication and data management by the software itself. You should never manipulate with the DB, it might lead to inconsistency.

And well I think your question should be solved in osCommerce forum, check here
http://forums.oscommerce.com/

By: david

david — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:48:47 +0000

Hiya,

Its me again,hehe
How do i administer osCommerce?I mean I tested out a few transactions by registering users and purchasing items,now how do i process the orders if i had wanted to…ie how do i view the customer profile,items purchased n so on…
i dont have the faintest idea on mysql,so thouta asking u,if u dont mind……

cheers

By: Manish

Manish — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:15:21 +0000

Any softwares which are made using PHP is called a php application. I still think this term can be a misnomer.

Try out wordpress, phpBB, MediaWiki, osCommerce, drupa, joomla and you will come to know what exactly they are.

By: surjodeb

surjodeb — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:34:30 +0000

i am confused… what is a php application?