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Errors with Earthlink and PHP 5

June 08, 2009 1:18am

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#1 / Jun 08, 2009 1:18am

TT
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I am setting up a site on Earthlink that is running Php5 so there tech support said that I have to add .php5 for the files to work. This did work to pull up the installation screen.

But when I go to the next screen, the EE install procedure points to a new page that does not have the .php5 extension (all of the EE steps are not showing up).

http://www.mysite.com/install.php5

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What is the fix here?

Thanks, Tim
#2 / Jun 08, 2009 2:01am
John Henry Donovan
12339 posts
Tim,

You could try adding a line to your .htaccess first:
```
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php5
```
That should parse all .php and .php5 files as PHP

It seems odd that you host would make you do this though. I have no personal experience with Earthlink and a search on our forums does give more information as to EE experiences with them.

I think the conclusion on a lot of the threads is that Earthlink isn’t really set up to host fully dynamic sites in the way a dedicated hosting provider would be.

Saying that I haven’t investigated their offerings myself.