Premature end of script headers

[jcwinnie]

Okay, so that can mean anything! Can anybody help a floundering newbie. I am following directions in SAMS Teach Yourself MySQL in 24 Hours. Meloni (2002) writes:

"An easy way to tell if PHP and MySQL are installed and ready for use is to open a text file and put the following line in it and nothing else:

<? phpinfo() ?>" (p. 271)

This test (test.php) results in an internal error message and the Apache error log indicates "Premature end of script headers." :confused:

AMP (Apache / MySQL / PHP) installed by means of PHP Triad on a Windows 98 machine.

Thanks in advance for consideration of my question.

Best regards,

jcwinnie

[dotwebbie]

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

That and nothing else should work. If not, let me know.

[jcwinnie]

Nope. I get "Internal Server Error" message.

[dotwebbie]

Hrm. Okay, which version of php? Which version of apache? Is there a space or carriage return before the <?php in your file?

[jcwinnie]

I installed AMP from Triad 2.2. I am assuming I have PHP4 and Apache 1.3.

I copied the code from previous message. It appears to be a carriage return.

[dotwebbie]

Okay.

[jcwinnie]

I ran a test with a different server (OmniHTTPd Professional). I get a CGI Launch Error when I try to open test.php

I also should mention that PHP is installed as CGI. I have yet to try the SAPI approach.

Feel like I'm hitting my head against a brick wall trying to get PHP to run on Windows 98.
:(

[dotwebbie]

When you used Apache, was php installed as a cgi or a module? It sounds like a cgi. I don't know why it took me so long to realize that. :( Module is best but if you want to use the cgi, you need to put a shebang line at the top of all of your scripts.
#!C:\path\to\php
Don't put .exe at the end of php.

[jcwinnie]

I used the PHP Triad Console to install Apache as a service; the test still failed.

I copied the shebang line into test.php; the test failed.

[dotwebbie]

Hrm . . . What did you do? Here is a full php-cgi script:

#!C:\path\to\php
<?php
print("Hello people.");
?>

[jcwinnie]

#!C:\path to php
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

[dotwebbie]

That too. :p

Did it work?

[jcwinnie]

Nope :rolleyes:

[dotwebbie]

Hrm . . . This is one of those times when I wish I had access . . . Ah well. So, mod_php is not installed?

[jcwinnie]

There is no mod_php statement in httpd.conf

[dotwebbie]

Okay, why not use mod_php?

[jcwinnie]

Ignorance? :rolleyes:

[dotwebbie]

Let me know if mod_php gives you the same trouble.