Server Set-Up

11-23-2003

I want to set-up a local server on my computer to test out PHP and MySQL but I am having major diffuculties. Everytime I open a .html website with .php coding or files, it doesn't appear or asks me to download the .php file. HELP! Thanks in advance.

Order · 11-23-2003

I have had little luck in setting up a web server with php and mysql, it is difficult to get all the mime settings correct...

My suggestion is to go to http://www.hotscripts.com and click on PHP, then go to Servers, IBServer works great for me, and there is a little in the way of setting up and running it.

11-23-2003

Thanks alot Digital.

This is a whole lot better than uploading to a host and testing.

**Man1c M0g** · 11-23-2003

Setting up the webserver correctly is utterly crucial Culex. If you are setting up on Windows and are using an Apache-based server, remember to add the PHP mimetype to the apache config file or the server will think its a download and try downloading it...

11-23-2003

Thanks for the tip Mog. It led me to find out why my php files weren't working. I was opening them up directly instead of using the browser through http://localhost. I'm so silly.

More bad news. I need more help. After I had set-up the database for Webfroot Shoutbox, I ran it and got this error...

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in c:\ibserver\www\shoutbox\shoutbox.php on line 221

I've just barely dove into php, I'm afraid I'm at the deep end. Thanks in advance.

**Man1c M0g** · 11-23-2003

OOOH! You got me there - my shoutbox.php doesnt go past line 220! Just as a general note i'd make sure you have Register_Globals and server-side parsing set on in the php.ini and httpd.ini files. Huge troubles if you dont...

Order · 11-24-2003

post the shoutbox.php file here, zip it though, since we do not have php as an allowed filetype..

it is a parse error, so it has something set up in the code..

11-24-2003

I hope you can figure out what's wrong.

Order · 11-24-2003

Ahh, the shoutbox source is a mess coding wise, my suggestion is to get a simplier box.. this one is way too much code, and who ever coded it did not close all the brackets, which is the cause of the errors, but I do not know where, and having code this bad is not a help..

11-24-2003

Ok. Thanks.

Well, I just used the shoutbox.php from the older version of Webfroot Shoutbox2.32. Now it works.

Order · 11-25-2003

ok, that is good, the source of the one you have is hideous, and not well designed..

**Man1c M0g** · 11-25-2003

Well, Webfroot's shoutbox works... just not very well! I run a vastly modified version myself, and it seems a little better... not much tho... :P

Order · 11-25-2003

For it to work, that is easy, for it be good, that is another story