# PHP in instant rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 3, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-in-instant-rails/84370 "2007-02-03T18:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hanan_M)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-in-instant-rails/84370/1 "2007-02-03T18:56:59Z")
Hello I’m trying to use php in rhtml(views) of Instant rails, but it is not working although javascript works and instant rails supports PHP. Why? Thanks in advance Hana ---
**Author:** ![Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hanan_M)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-in-instant-rails/84370/2 "2007-02-03T19:06:01Z")
Well, javascript is handled by the browser, so it doesn’t matter what server you’re using. Are you using a server such as Mongrel or WEBrick? If so then PHP’s not working because those servers don’t support php. PHP will only work if you’re running Apache with InstantRails. ---
**Author:** ![Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hanan_M)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-in-instant-rails/84370/3 "2007-02-04T07:59:55Z")
On 2/3/07, Hanan M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello > > I’m trying to use php in rhtml(views) of Instant rails, but it is not > working although javascript works You cannot use php in an rhtml file, only ERb. It’s just the way Rails works. I’m not aware of any way to use php from within a Rails application, though you might be able to dig up such a project. You probably find better support from the Rails mailing list. [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) and instant rails supports PHP. Why? ---
**Author:** ![Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hanan_M)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-in-instant-rails/84370/4 "2007-02-04T09:08:59Z")
On 2/4/07, Ryan W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > works. I’m not aware of any way to use php from within a Rails > application, > though you might be able to dig up such a project. > > You probably find better support from the Rails mailing list. > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > and instant rails supports PHP. Why? Instant Rails includes PHP because PHP is needed to run MyPhpAdmin. You could use IR to write standalone PHP apps, but Ryan is correct that PHP is not supported with in Rails/rhtml. Curt ---
**Author:** ![Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hanan_M)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-in-instant-rails/84370/5 "2007-02-06T13:27:10Z")
On Feb 3, 2007, at 20:56, Hanan M. wrote: > * * * > > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it’s > FREE! [http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/](http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/) Just out of curiosity — why do you need to use PHP in your Rails app? Is there something impossible to do by Rails? Yours sincerely, Damian/Three-eyed Fish ---
**Author:** ![Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hanan_M)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-in-instant-rails/84370/6 "2007-02-07T20:26:26Z")
Just for thesis purpose ---
**Author:** ![Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hanan_M)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-in-instant-rails/84370/7 "2007-02-07T20:39:28Z")
To my knowledge, PHP is included in Instant Rails only to provide access to PHPMyAdmin, which is there to provide GUI access to MySQL. ---
**Author:** ![Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hanan\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hanan_M)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/php-in-instant-rails/84370/8 "2007-02-08T00:15:00Z")
This is really a question for the Rails list.