PHP Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.17, by Herong Yang
Configuring Apache PHP Load Module
This section describes how to configure Apache to use Apache PHP load module to run PHP scripts as Web pages. Apache PHP load module is more secure than CGI scripts.
Running PHP pages as CGI scripts is ok for testing purpose. But you should run PHP pages with Apache PHP load module. It's more efficient and more secure.
Here what I did to try to configure the Apache 2.4 server to use the Apache PHP load module. Note that I was using PHP 7.0.
1. Open on \apache\conf\httpd.conf and remove all changes I did for supporting PHP CGI scripts to my Apache server secure.
2. Go to the LoadModule section and add:
LoadModule php7_module "C:/local/php/php7apache2_4.dll" PHPIniDir "C:/local/php"
3. Go to mime_module section and add a mime type as:
<IfModule mime_module> ... AddType application/x-httpd-php .php </IfModule>
4. Restart the Apache server and run the PHP script again http://localhost/hello.php. The Web page resulted from the PHP script shows up correctly:
Hello world! - PHP script.
Congratulation, PHP scripts can be executed on the Apache server by the Apache PHP load module now!
Note that if you are still running PHP 5, you need to use the following setting:
LoadModule php5_module "C:/local/php/php5apache2_4.dll"
Table of Contents
Introduction and Installation of PHP
PHP Data Types and Data Literals
Variables, References, and Constants
Expressions, Operations and Type Conversions
Conditional Statements - "if" and "switch"
Loop Statements - "while", "for", and "do ... while"
Function Declaration, Arguments, and Return Values
Interface with Operating System
Introduction of Class and Object
►Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server
Downloading Apache 2.4.37 Binary for Windows
Installing Apache 2.4.37 on Windows Systems
Publishing HTML Documents as Web Pages
Starting and Stopping Apache Server
Configuring Apache for PHP CGI Scripts
Publishing PHP Scripts as Web Pages
Permission Error on php-cgi.exe
►Configuring Apache PHP Load Module
Retrieving Information from HTTP Requests
Creating and Managing Sessions in PHP Scripts
Sending and Receiving Cookies in PHP Scripts
Controlling HTTP Response Header Lines in PHP Scripts
MySQL Server Connection and Access Functions
Functions to Manage Directories, Files and Images
SOAP Extension Function and Calling Web Services
SOAP Server Functions and Examples
Localization Overview of Web Applications
Using Non-ASCII Characters in HTML Documents
Using Non-ASCII Characters as PHP Script String Literals
Receiving Non-ASCII Characters from Input Forms
"mbstring" Extension and Non-ASCII Encoding Management
Managing Non-ASCII Character Strings with MySQL Servers
Parsing and Managing HTML Documents
Configuring and Sending Out Emails
Managing PHP Engine and Modules on macOS