I am figuring out how to use PHP OpenId
I have cloned the repo to the ~/www directory. There are some examples in the php-open-id/examples directory which I wanted to run.
Specifically, I wanted to render the page php-open-id/examples/consumer/index.php in order to better understand the API. I started a server in the php-open-id/examples directory using
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
and I navigated to localhost://consumer/index.php
But it didn't work. It shows a dialog box to save the file. What is the correct way to render this PHP file?
I have found a solution :
Run the server using
php -S localhost:9000
You need to have a php server for serving .php files. The simple python server is not a php server and therefore it is just simply listing the files in the directory for download.
If you are on OSX 10 or above, it comes with apache which has php module present and can be setup to serve php file.
Tutorials can be found here http://php.net/manual/en/install.macosx.bundled.php and here https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3083
If you would like to setup a dedicated server instead of using apache, MAMP is a good solution. Google It and see tutorials on how to set it up.