On Wednesday 21 February 2007 07:50, sahaanaa subha wrote:
> Dear sir,
> Iam using PHP not as a stanalone application
> Iam using postgresql with PHP. when i have installed this PHP5 with
> postgresql8.1.4 and apache2.0 I have installed a whole package of this
> availble from bitrock website.So i havent installed PHP as a stanalone
> application. The application works fine .
> But the problem is If i create any webbased PHP(*.php) application to run
> that i have to place them in hpdock of apache folder. only then iam able to
> run the application. else iam unable to run the webpage. So would you
> suggest me a better way to run any of my php applications from my home
> directory without placing them in hpdocs.I have istalled this PHP in my
> linux workstation as a root user. so if i have to use this as a non root
> user iam unable to access the hpdocs folder ( for some security reasons i
> dont want to give access to the folder as other user). so please suggest me
> a way to run this applications from my home directory only. Have i to
> change any configuration file for this. If so please say me which file and
> what modifications has to be made. Your answers will be quite helpful.
> I was said that it was due to apache virtual host . so do i have to make
> any modification to the config file and if so what modification for
> example,if have a test file phptest.php then i can run the file by placing
> it inside /apache2/htdocs/ and type the following address
> "http://127.0.0.1:8089/phptest.php" in my webbrowser. Instead of doing this
> i just want to open my web browser and run the phptest.php file from my
> home directory eg /home/sahaanaa/phptest.php how do i do it.?
I'd probably suggest just installing all the pieces (apache/php/postgres)
using your OS's package manager. barring that, you should be able to create
a symlink between the directories so that your regular user has access.
see "man ln" for more.
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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL