[Mapserver-users] PHP mapscript as CGI

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

Matt,

If you are using RH8 you should probably use these instructions
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RedHat8AndMapserver37

-Steve

On 12 Mar 2003 at 13:11, Matt Doggett wrote:

> New user to MapServer and I'm following the instructions online to
> compile PHP4 and Mapserver3.6 so that PHP mapscripts are run as CGI.
> Details: RedHat Linux 8.0 Apache 2.0 Mapserver 3.6 PHP4.2
> 
> - PHP installs and php scripts run without a problem
> - The php CGI executable works fine.  I can test it from the command
> line to make sure it functions and returns text/html. This program is
> placed in my webserver CGI directory (/var/www/cgi-bin). - Mapserver
> installs and runs without a problem.  I have successfully tested the
> demo maps.
> 
> I made the following references in my httpd.conf ( with no other
> references to .phtml):
> AddType  application/x-httpd-php-cgi .phtml
> Action application/x-httpd-php-cgi /cgi-bin/phtml
> 
> BUT.
> - Whenever I try to access a mapscript file (.phtml) using the php CGI
> program, my browser displays a bunch of garbage characters...as if the
> browser is trying to display the cgi binary, not the results of
> running it.
> 
> Any suggestions??
> 
> Matt Doggett
> Spatial Climate Analysis Service
> Oregon State University
> 316 Strand Ag Hall
> Corvallis, OR 97331
> (541)737-9153
> mdoggett at coas.oregonstate.edu
> 
> 
> 
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