[thelist] quick PHP question

Thu May 3 13:39:44 CDT 2001

At 11:33 AM 5/3/2001, you wrote:

>I know nothing about PHP. I need to install a mail form for a client ... 
>the server has PHP, and am I correct that the whole directory should be 
>set to the same permission for php to work - and therefore I won't have to 
>change permissions on any files for stuff they have me do in the future? 
>Their hosting company has to change permission (despite the fact that this 
>is a co-located server!) ... what should I tell them to set permissions to 
>... and the whole directory? - is this error due to incorrect permissions?

First off - you only need "read" access for PHP files.

Second - make sure you are using the correct start and stop parameters for 
PHP.  Just make a small test file:

<html><body><? phpinfo() ?></body></html>

see what that gets you.
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Anthony Baratta
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