Testing the Software

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After you've successfully installed PHP, either as an Apache module or a standalone binary, you should test it to ensure that all required extensions have been successfully compiled in.

You can do this by creating a PHP script containing the following lines:

 <?php  // name this file "verify.php"  phpinfo();  ?> 

Then, depending on how you chose to compile PHP, do one of the following:

  • If you compiled PHP as an Apache module, copy this file to your web server's document root (in this example, /usr/local/apache/htdocs/ ) and then access it by pointing your web browser to http://your_web_server/verify.php .

  • If you compiled PHP as a standalone binary, execute this script from the command line:

     $ /usr/local/bin/php verify.php 

In either case, the output should be an HTML page that looks like Figure A.1.

Figure A.1. The output of a phpinfo() call.

graphics/apafig01.gif

Examine this output to ensure that all the extensions you need are active.

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XML and PHP
XML and PHP
ISBN: 0735712271
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 84

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