PHP Installation

[yrlady]

Can anyone tell me if its possible to install php on a server remotely? I seem to have root access to the ssl directory created for me on the secure server but php is not installed. How do I go about doing this?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Guest]

What operating system is running? Linux? NT?

 

If it's Linux then PHP usually needs to be compiled into the operating system although it can be run as a service.

 

If it's NT then PHP is implemented as a CGI type application BUT all of the functionality of PHP is not available.

[yrlady]

The server is Linux. How do I run it as a service?

[Guest]

If the server is running Linux then they are most likley already running PHP. To check this out do the following:

 

1. In notepad (microsoft) or any ASCII editor type the following:

 

<?

phpinfo();

?>

 

2. save the file as testphp.php

 

3. ftp the file to your server and run it. Usually something like:

 

www.yourwebaddress.com/phpinfo.php

 

4. If it works you will get a whole bunch of PHP information including what version of PHP and MySQL are running

 

You can see what the output should look like by going to:

 

http://%20*Edit*%20

 

 

 

*EDIT* - do not post commercial URL's - you have been warned - Johnson

[yrlady]

I tried that and got an error message...

 

here is the link

https://secure-order.net/ikebagifts.com/testphp.php

 

but if you click this link you will see a page

https://secure-order.net/ikebagifts.com/index.htm

 

any ideas?

[Guest]

Here is what your hosting company supplies:

 

? Domain Control Panel

? PHP 4.1.2

? Perl 5, C/C++ & Java 2

? Private CGI-BIN

? Server Side Includes (SSI)

? Telnet (SSH), FTP & POP3

? FP '02 extensions

? Anonymous FTP area

? Unlimited Mailboxes ? Unlimited e-mail aliases

? Mailing lists

? Shopping Cart

? Secure Server (SSL)

? Message Board

? MySQL databases

? Chat application

? Advanced Guestbook

? Web/FTP access stats

 

So, it appears that somehow your domain has not been set up correctly. I would contact the hosting company and have them look at how they set the domain up.

 

The https://secure-order.net is your hosting companys secure (ssh) area not your root domain area. Your root domain area is: www.ikebagifts.com and that's the area that you need to place your *.php files into.

 

If you go to your control panel area your find a link to the "file manager" area, don't use the "SSH / Telnet" area.

 

Once you're in the file manager area you should be able to upload any php pages (ie. your test php page) and run it.

 

Hope this helps

[yrlady]

that's just it...

 

they provide shared ssl but on a totally different server than my http server www.ikebagifts.com

 

the shared ssl they provide is under secure-order.net and they created a directory for me so the path for secure directory (in osCommerce) is actually https://secure-order.net/ikebagifts.com

 

the hosting company said I had to do manual install of the shopping cart and when I did, I got the error (or rather the save location request).

 

I just thought I would be able to configure the directory to handle php files

 

I'm a newbie so I guess I was wrong.

[Guest]

Ok, I think I understand. Usually the way it's done is to provide a shared server that's configured like the unsecured server except with a server-wide ssl certificate.

 

I doubt that they are going to let you install PHP because PHP is a scripting language and by its nature someone could write PHP code that might compromise the integrity of the server.

 

They don?t supply information about their secured server but you might try calling them and find out what software is running on it (PHP, etc.) And if they can support osCommerce.

 

A couple of things to consider; change your hosting company to one that is able to support osCommerce or, get them to install an ssl cert. on their httpd server for your website.

 

Just a point of information, are they sharing the SSL or merchant accounts and SSL?

 

I wish I could have been more help.