Testing the Software

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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 In either case, the output should be an HTML page that looks like Figure A.1. Figure A.1. The output of a phpinfo() call. Examine this output to ensure that all the extensions you need are active.

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