XML and PHP

Testing the Software

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 

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