Topic: Problem getting Apache 2.2 to recognize the .php extension

[noone]

I've followed all the step outlined in http://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=570. I've used all the downloads from here except for php 5.1.6 which came from php.net

I've created a file called test.php that contains:

<?phpinfo()?>

I have all this installed on my XP Pro SP2 laptop. I try to check out test.php like this:

http://localhost/test
All I get is "404 Not Found"

If I try http://localhost/test.php
I get the php version info.

These lines are in my httpd.conf:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php5/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php-source .phps
# configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir "C:/php5"

What must I do so Apache will recoginize the .php extension without having to explicitly add it each time?

Thanks!

[Steffen]

Without a extension it is seen as a folder by Apache. In your case it is looking for the folder test in your webspace.

[James Blond]

you can set in httpd.conf

[noone]

I've also noticed I can't get Apache to recognize .php as a valid extension. For example, I renamed test.php to index.php. I was expecting to see the php info screen, but all I got was a directory listing of the document root. I thought Apache looks for index.html, index.htm or index.php by default.

[James Blond]

You can edit that with the index.* file in the httpd.conf

[Steffen]

See the Directoryindex directive:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex

For example:
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

Steffen

[noone]

Thanks for the help! I can now get my Joomla test site up and running!