If i try to open a PHP file in safari, it shows the code. If the PHP file isn't local, for example, on a local website (using air sharing on my ipod touch and adding php files to it), it will download the file. If I open it there, it will only display the codes like it does on the original file on my mac. I'm trying to use wordpress but it doesn't work. Once I think i saw some of the page working (it was the login page and it was PHP). But i've tried everything i could do but it never worked again. Please help me! Thanks!
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Safari doesn't open PHP files
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Do you have the Apache service running? If you don't, I can't help you now because I'm not on my Mac.
There's my other issue. It won't turn on. If i turn on personal web sharing, it just freezes at Web Sharing Starting up...
If you can, please help! (since your not on your mac, you may not be able to lol)
php files cannot be viewed as the intended page by merely "opening" them. WP has to be installed on a host on top of a (typically) mySQL db. You have to point the installation to the correct database for proper service. Read the WP installations carefully and follow them explicitly. It works just fine if you follow the directions.
Here's the install instructions. You have to run the install.php after FTP'ing to your host.
Here's the install instructions. You have to run the install.php after FTP'ing to your host.
I guess I didn't read the OP's post all the way because I missed that he was using WordPress.
I GOT IT! I have the installation PHP file working. It's hosted on my ipod touch using air sharing. The page though, looks awful! lol And when i try entering my details, (i'm guessing the box above is the username and the box below is the password lol) then i press this strange button with a code in it. It looks like it's suppost to say Install Word Press. If I click that, it just does nothing. 
If you're running this on your ipod you're going need to find a server of some kind with PHP and MySQL support. I can't remember if it exists, but I know I've read at least one person has used the iPhone/iPod as a web-server. PHP pages can't simply be opened, they have to be interpreted by a server first, which requires some local installation and customization.
Well, I fixed my server. If I go to my url, http://71.193.112.221/~sawmaster/wordpress/ , it still doesn't work.
I don't always host this from my iPod. I was just doing it that way temporary.
Does anybody have any luck with the url above?
And I got the Apache server. Not any other kind of server.
You have some work to do with your Apache config. It's not interpreting the PHP code, it's just dishing it out as text.
There are 100 how-tos around for configuring Apache on most versions of OS X. Google is your friend.
BTW, posting a link to your personal machine via IP on a public message board is probably not the best idea...
There are 100 how-tos around for configuring Apache on most versions of OS X. Google is your friend.
BTW, posting a link to your personal machine via IP on a public message board is probably not the best idea...
I thought it wasn't a good idea..
For some reason, it seems that I keep doing wrong things lol. I bumped this thread. I got a warning.
What I just did to an apache file:
I edited the config file in the apache server.
Location: ect/httpd/httpd.conf
I didn't feel like looking through the entire page to find what to un-comment. So I searched for php by clicking (on the menu bar), Edit>>Find>>Find...
And I searched for PHP. This is the first result:
And un-commented after the example.
Today, it now looks like this:
I had no idea what people mean when they want other people to restart apache. So I un-checked "Personal Web Sharing" in the Sharing panel. Then I rechecked it. Everything works fine. Except PHP.
REMEMBER: I'm trying to use wordpress.
Also, when I type in "/wordpress/" on my site, instead of seeing the default apache file browser, I see a fancy wordpress file browser. Amazing! This story gets more suspishish and exiting and intense!
I edited the config file in the apache server.
Location: ect/httpd/httpd.conf
I didn't feel like looking through the entire page to find what to un-comment. So I searched for php by clicking (on the menu bar), Edit>>Find>>Find...
And I searched for PHP. This is the first result:
Code:
# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
#
# To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
# have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
# directives contained in it are actually available _before_ they are used.
# Please read the file http://httpd.apache.org/docs/dso.html for more
# details about the DSO mechanism and run `httpd -l' for the list of already
# built-in (statically linked and thus always available) modules in your httpd
# binary.
#
# Note: The order in which modules are loaded is important. Don't change
# the order below without expert advice.
#
# Example:
# LoadModule foo_module libexec/mod_foo.so
#LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/httpd/mod_vhost_alias.so
#LoadModule env_module libexec/httpd/mod_env.so
LoadModule config_log_module libexec/httpd/mod_log_config.so
#LoadModule mime_magic_module libexec/httpd/mod_mime_magic.so
LoadModule mime_module libexec/httpd/mod_mime.so
LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/httpd/mod_negotiation.so
#LoadModule status_module libexec/httpd/mod_status.so
#LoadModule info_module libexec/httpd/mod_info.so
LoadModule includes_module libexec/httpd/mod_include.so
LoadModule autoindex_module libexec/httpd/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule dir_module libexec/httpd/mod_dir.so
LoadModule cgi_module libexec/httpd/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule asis_module libexec/httpd/mod_asis.so
LoadModule imap_module libexec/httpd/mod_imap.so
LoadModule action_module libexec/httpd/mod_actions.so
#LoadModule speling_module libexec/httpd/mod_speling.so
LoadModule userdir_module libexec/httpd/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule alias_module libexec/httpd/mod_alias.so
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/httpd/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule access_module libexec/httpd/mod_access.so
LoadModule auth_module libexec/httpd/mod_auth.so
#LoadModule anon_auth_module libexec/httpd/mod_auth_anon.so
#LoadModule dbm_auth_module libexec/httpd/mod_auth_dbm.so
#LoadModule digest_module libexec/httpd/mod_digest.so
#LoadModule proxy_module libexec/httpd/libproxy.so
#LoadModule cern_meta_module libexec/httpd/mod_cern_meta.so
#LoadModule expires_module libexec/httpd/mod_expires.so
#LoadModule headers_module libexec/httpd/mod_headers.so
#LoadModule usertrack_module libexec/httpd/mod_usertrack.so
LoadModule log_forensic_module libexec/httpd/mod_log_forensic.so
#LoadModule unique_id_module libexec/httpd/mod_unique_id.so
LoadModule setenvif_module libexec/httpd/mod_setenvif.so
#LoadModule dav_module libexec/httpd/libdav.so
#LoadModule ssl_module libexec/httpd/libssl.so
#LoadModule perl_module libexec/httpd/libperl.so
#LoadModule php4_module libexec/httpd/libphp4.so
LoadModule hfs_apple_module libexec/httpd/mod_hfs_apple.so
LoadModule bonjour_module libexec/httpd/mod_bonjour.soAnd un-commented after the example.
Today, it now looks like this:
Code:
# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
#
# To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
# have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
# directives contained in it are actually available _before_ they are used.
# Please read the file http://httpd.apache.org/docs/dso.html for more
# details about the DSO mechanism and run `httpd -l' for the list of already
# built-in (statically linked and thus always available) modules in your httpd
# binary.
#
# Note: The order in which modules are loaded is important. Don't change
# the order below without expert advice.
#
# Example:
# LoadModule foo_module libexec/mod_foo.so
LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/httpd/mod_vhost_alias.so
LoadModule env_module libexec/httpd/mod_env.so
LoadModule config_log_module libexec/httpd/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule mime_magic_module libexec/httpd/mod_mime_magic.so
LoadModule mime_module libexec/httpd/mod_mime.so
LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/httpd/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule status_module libexec/httpd/mod_status.so
LoadModule info_module libexec/httpd/mod_info.so
LoadModule includes_module libexec/httpd/mod_include.so
LoadModule autoindex_module libexec/httpd/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule dir_module libexec/httpd/mod_dir.so
LoadModule cgi_module libexec/httpd/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule asis_module libexec/httpd/mod_asis.so
LoadModule imap_module libexec/httpd/mod_imap.so
LoadModule action_module libexec/httpd/mod_actions.so
LoadModule speling_module libexec/httpd/mod_speling.so
LoadModule userdir_module libexec/httpd/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule alias_module libexec/httpd/mod_alias.so
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/httpd/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule access_module libexec/httpd/mod_access.so
LoadModule auth_module libexec/httpd/mod_auth.so
LoadModule anon_auth_module libexec/httpd/mod_auth_anon.so
LoadModule dbm_auth_module libexec/httpd/mod_auth_dbm.so
LoadModule digest_module libexec/httpd/mod_digest.so
LoadModule proxy_module libexec/httpd/libproxy.so
LoadModule cern_meta_module libexec/httpd/mod_cern_meta.so
LoadModule expires_module libexec/httpd/mod_expires.so
LoadModule headers_module libexec/httpd/mod_headers.so
LoadModule usertrack_module libexec/httpd/mod_usertrack.so
LoadModule log_forensic_module libexec/httpd/mod_log_forensic.so
LoadModule unique_id_module libexec/httpd/mod_unique_id.so
LoadModule setenvif_module libexec/httpd/mod_setenvif.so
LoadModule dav_module libexec/httpd/libdav.so
LoadModule ssl_module libexec/httpd/libssl.so
LoadModule perl_module libexec/httpd/libperl.so
LoadModule php4_module libexec/httpd/libphp4.so
LoadModule hfs_apple_module libexec/httpd/mod_hfs_apple.so
LoadModule bonjour_module libexec/httpd/mod_bonjour.soI had no idea what people mean when they want other people to restart apache. So I un-checked "Personal Web Sharing" in the Sharing panel. Then I rechecked it. Everything works fine. Except PHP.
REMEMBER: I'm trying to use wordpress.
Also, when I type in "/wordpress/" on my site, instead of seeing the default apache file browser, I see a fancy wordpress file browser. Amazing! This story gets more suspishish and exiting and intense!
Exuse me a moment, i'm going to go to a party celebrating THIS SWEEEEETTTTT APPLICATION!!!! THANKS LIKE DEAD CRAZY! THHAATAAANKS!!!
Pardon my exitedness.
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Well... I am having the same problem and I didnt have any trouble installing MAMP and my servers are running absolutely fine. Can anyone tell me why I am getting this error message and Safari wont open the install.php file?
Well... I am having the same problem and I didnt have any trouble installing MAMP and my servers are running absolutely fine. Can anyone tell me why I am getting this error message and Safari wont open the install.php file?
I had a similar problem, but I am not using wordpress. However, after using the foundationphp.com link, my browsers correctly read .php, but only in the MacintoshHD>Library>Webserver>Documents folder. But when I put the .php files anywhere else, in my case the desktop, my browsers view the file as textedit would view it, and then download the file. So how could I get .php files read correctly from any address?
Safari doesn't support PHP
Safari versions prior to 5.0 do not support PHP. I have tested PHP on Opera, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Camino. It seems it only works with these four browsers. I tested PHP with Safari 5.1 and it works.
Safari versions prior to 5.0 do not support PHP. I have tested PHP on Opera, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Camino. It seems it only works with these four browsers. I tested PHP with Safari 5.1 and it works.