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Date:      Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:15:42 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nick <ibaranick-forum01@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WordPress, Apache, modules, mod_rewrite - how to verify?
Message-ID:  <20061030171543.57865.qmail@web31806.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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Thanks!  Can anyone help me regarding mod_rewrite?  Can't find it in the po=
rts.=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Eric <heli@mikestammer.com=
>=0ATo: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:1=
2:28 AM=0ASubject: Re: WordPress, Apache, modules, mod_rewrite - how to ver=
ify?=0A=0ANick wrote:=0A> I've been looking on the web for hours but haven'=
t found any help, though of asking on some forums when I suddenly remembere=
d!  There's freebsd-questions!!  =0A> =0A> Anyway, I'm a MS SQL Server guy,=
 trying to mess around with FreeBSD at home.  I've managed to install 6.1, =
CVSup, xorg, KDE, Apache 1.3.  I haven't touched this box for a while due t=
o my work schedule, now I'm trying to pick up where I left off... I just in=
stall ed WordPress from ports, trying to use it to learn PHP and MySQL.  (A=
t work, I'm almost 100% SQL Server only!  I'm hoping to change to a Linux /=
 Oracle, Data Warehouse type of position.... but outside of work, I would l=
ike to learn some PHP, Perl and MySQL... may be start a little side web biz=
 or something...)=0A> =0A> So, main question:=0A> =0A> WordPress requires P=
HP 4 and MySQL 3 or later, and optional mod_rewrite.  How do I verify if th=
ese are installed?=0A> =0A> I used "pkg_version -v" to check my installed p=
orts' versions, I have these:=0A> apache-1.3.37_1=0A> mod_perl-1.29_1=0A> m=
ysql-client-5.1.11=0A> perl-5.8.8=0A> php5-5.1.4=0A> php5-mysql-5.1.4=0A> p=
hp5-pcre-5.1.4=0A> php5-xml-5.1.4=0A> wordpress-2.0.4_1,1=0A> =0A> I think =
I still need to install mod_php and mod_rewrite, but I can't see them in /u=
sr/ports/www=0A> =0A> How do I verify that php, MySql and mod_rewrite are i=
nstall and function properly in Apache?=0A> =0A> Thanks!=0A> =0A> Nick=0A=
=0Amake a file called pinfo.php in your web servers data directory root =0A=
(/usr/local/www/data by default)=0A=0Aput this in it:=0A=0A<?php=0A=0Aphpin=
fo();=0A=0A?>=0A=0Asave it and go to:=0A=0Ahttp://yourURL.com/pinfo.php=0A=
=0Aand read away=0A=0Athat will dump all php related info.=0A=0Amake sure y=
ou install the suhosin patches against PHP and/or use the =0Aextension=0A=
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