The Soothingly Seamless Setup of Apache, SSL, MySQL, and PHP - Testing Our Work: Is Apache working? (
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If it
worked correctly you will see something similar to this screen capture, when you
connect to the server with Netscape. This is basically the Apache default
installed page. Hopefully you will create a cool looking site, and change this
page.
NOTE: You can connect to the server with a DOMAIN name or using
the actual IP of the box. Check both cases, to ensure that everything is working
properly.
{mospagebreak title=Is
PHP Support Working?} Now will test for PHP support. Create a file called
test.php information below in it. The file needs to be located in the document
root path which should be setup by default to /usr/local/apache/htdocs. Note
that this is dependent on the prefix that we chose initially. However, this
could be changed in the httpd.conf. Setting up multiple virtual hosting will be
another article, keep your eyes open for it, as it will cover some very basic
options in setting up Apache and its directives.
<? phpinfo();
?> This will display information about server, php, the
environment, and a couple of other things. Here is a screen capture of the top
portion of the output page.
Pretty cool. PHP rules!!!
