In order to configure your Slackware Linux box as a MySQL-PHP -ready web server, please follow these instructions:
'/etc/httpd/php.ini
' and find the following line and uncomment it: date.timezone = America/Chicago <--change to correct time zone
'/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
' Apache configuration file with your preferred text editor. Then, find the following line and uncomment it (delete the '#' character at the start of the line): Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf
Now your Apache will include the PHP module when it starts.
'/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
' and uncomment the following line: ServerName www.example.com:80 <--change www.example.com to an IP or your machine's name
'index.php
' file as your directory index. You just have to search the following line…:'index.pl
' also. <IfModule dir_module> DirectoryIndex index.html </IfModule>
… and change it to:
<IfModule dir_module> DirectoryIndex index.html index.php </IfModule>
Please note the 'index.php
' part added. You can now save and close your '/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
' file and restart your Apache server in order to have your modifications applied. As root, execute:
apachectl restart
'/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd
' file. Execute the following command as root: * chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd
Now your Apache server will start automatically when your system boots.
In order to configure your MySQL installation, please see the Install MySQL On Slackware doc.
'test.php
' file on your '/var/www/htdocs/
' directory with the following: <?php phpinfo(); ?>
Now you can open your favorite web browser to the following URL: http://localhost/test.php . If you your PHP installation's settings are displayed, then you have configured your Apache correctly, otherwise, please re-check this documentation (getting sure you have followed every step correctly), or contact us at ##slackware on FreeNode.