Cannot get php file to run in browser? Ubuntu

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I am trying to run a .php file that reads information from a MySQL database. I have installed php5:

developer@alchemy:~/dev$ php --version
PHP 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Jul  7 2014 18:52:09) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies

I have apache2 installed and running:

developer@alchemy:~/dev$ sudo netstat -ntlup
[sudo] password for developer: 
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:3306          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN        1224/mysqld     
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:80              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      30018/apache2   

Here is the Display.php file:

<style type="text/css">
body {
  background-color: #29C;
}
.display-box {
  border: solid 2px #FFF;
  padding: 10px;
  border-radius: 4px;
}

style>





Data:
table "data"
  $result = mysqli_query($dbcnx, "SELECT * FROM data");

  #temporary test display
  echo "
$data
";

 # while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {    
 #   echo $row['packetdata'] . " " . $row['date'];
 # }

  #mysql_close($dbcnx);
?>

The file is found in the pathway /home/developer/dev/Display.php The method I found online to display the php file was to type into the search bar:

http://localhost/where/file/is/saved/Display.php

This however, returns a

"Not Found

The requested URL /display.php was not found on this server." Message. How do I run the php file? Have I missed something out?