On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Col Day <colind...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Working with the PHP5 for Dummies book (yup real noob, feel free to > ridicule > (after telling me what I've done wrong)) and have installed Apache 2.2 and > PHP 5.3.3 onto a laptop running Vista. (yes I know!!!). > > I've had Apache running fine with my basic web site created using Serif's > Webplus10 but wanted to experiment with PHP as I want an uploadable area on > my website for my friends and family to submit video/photos. > > I've checked the install of PHP using php -v and I get the output that > > PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Jul 21 2010 20:10:20) > > but when I try and go to the test.php file (below) I get an http 403 > webiste > requires you to log in. Error message. > > <html> > <head> > <title>PHP Test</title> > </head> > <body> > <p>This is an HTML line > <?php > echo "<p>This is a PHP line</p>"; > phpinfo(); > ?> > </body> > </html> > > This is the text of the test.php file which I have plonked down in > /apache/htdocs > > What have I missed? > > the Dummies book is quoting PHP 5.0.0 as the latest release so not too far > away really. > > Thanks for your help. > > Cheers. > > Col Day > > > check out: http://hu.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.installer.msi.php and http://hu.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php
my guess is, that you didn't added the required parts to your apache configuration (LoadModule, AddType, DirectoryIndex) Tyrael
