Apache server ready for PHP

Apache server ready for PHP

First you have to open the httpd.conf file using gedit or any text editor. Then locate the section shown below,

                This enables the Apache server to recognize the PHP files to parsed using php engine.

# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration

# file mime.types for specific file types.

AddType application/x-tar .tgz

AddType image/x-icon .ico

Then add the following lines to it:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

Now you can download the source code for the php.

Then extract it using this command

make

make install

                Then you can issue the following command to copy the php.ini file to the “lib” directory.

cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini

Now you have to restart the apache server for test.

                /etc/init.d/httpd restart