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14.2.4.6. The

mod_python

Module

The configuration for

mod_python;

has been moved from

httpd.conf

into the file

/etc/httpd/conf.d/python.conf

. For this file to be loaded, and hence for

mod_python;

to

work, you must have the statement

Include conf.d/*.conf

in your

httpd.conf

as described in

Section 14.2.1.3.

14.2.4.7. PHP

The

configuration

for

PHP

has

been

moved

from

httpd.conf

into

the

file

/etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf

. For this file to be loaded, you must have the statement

Include

conf.d/*.conf

in your

httpd.conf

as described in Section 14.2.1.3.

The PHP is now implemented as a filter and must therefore be enabled in a different manor. See

Section 14.2.4 for more about filters.

Under Apache HTTP Server 1.3, PHP was implemented using the following directives:

AddType application/x httpd php .php

AddType application/x httpd php source .phps

Under Apache HTTP Server 2.0, use the following directives instead:

Files *.php

SetOutputFilter PHP

SetInputFilter PHP

/Files

In PHP 4.2.0 and later the default set of predefined variables which are available in the global scope

has changed. Individual input and server variables are, by default, no longer placed directly into the

global scope. This change may cause scripts to break. You may revert to the old behavior by setting

register_globals

to

On

in the file

/etc/php.ini

.

For more on this topic, refer to the following URL for details concerning the global scope changes:

http://www.omnicus.net/release_4_1_0.php

14.3. After Installation

After you have installed the

httpd

package, the Apache HTTP Server's documentation is available

by installing the

httpd manual

package and pointing a Web browser to http://localhost/manual/ or

you can browse the Apache documentation available on the Web at http://httpd.apache.org/docs 2.0/.

The Apache HTTP Server's documentation contains a full list and complete descriptions of all con 

figuration options. For your convenience, this chapter provides short descriptions of the configuration

directives used by Apache HTTP Server 2.0.

The version of the Apache HTTP Server included with Red Hat Linux includes the ability to set

up secure Web servers using the strong SSL encryption provided by the

mod_ssl

and

openssl

packages. As you look through the configuration files, be aware that it includes both a non secure

and a secure Web server. The secure Web server runs as a virtual host, which is configured in the

/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf

file. For more information about virtual hosts, see Section 14.8.

For information on configuring a secure server virtual host, Section 14.8.2. For information on setting

up an Apache HTTP Secure Server see the chapter titled Apache HTTP Secure Server Configuration

in the Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide.