Php Scripts??

[ENigma885]

I have just downloaded a program needed in some of my clinical assays; bioGraph (Click to download)
But the program contains php script files that i have no idea how to deal with.
When i open them in Firefox i got "Openwith or Save as dialog"
One of the program requirements is "Apache webserver with PHP support"
i think that's wat i missed. Synaptic search results contain many related packages i have no clue which is needed.

Any help will be appreciated?
(OS Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop)

[marshall.robert]

ill give you some command line parameters, since its easier to give you them than explain the point and click method.

sudo apt-get install apache2 php5

then once that is installed

sudo chown -R Username /var/www/
ln -s /var/www/ ~/webdir

that will sort you out with what you should need and enable you to easily place files in the required folder, along with a link to said folder named "webdir" which will appear in your home folder.

if i havnt been clear, let me know and ill better try to exlain

-rob

[ENigma885]

Thanks marshall =) Just before i noticed ur reply. A buddy helped me online.
i'm not sure if i understand every step but here's wat i did:-
1. Installed Apache, PHP5, Imagemagick, and Gnuplot.
2. Checked Apache with http://localhost/ and i got "It works!".
3.

cd /var/www

4.

sudo chmod 777 .

5. Copied bioGraph extracted folder to /var/www
6. In an internet browser, probably Firefox, paste "http://localhost/bioGraph_1.0/"
7. Using

whereis gnuplot

and

whereis convert

to localize gnuplot and convert to c if there's a need to modify config.php
and in my case the defaults works fine; /usr/bin/gnuplot and /usr/bin/convert correct places.
8. 1st run i got error log containing something like

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /var/www/bioGraph_1.0/mmgraph.php on line 32
Warning: fopen(/home/vimal/public_html/biograph/upload/tmp/file4646.dat) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/bioGraph_1.0/mmgraph.php on line 34

9. In Terminal window

sudo gedit /var/www/bioGraph_1.0/config.php

Edited the temporary directories, last 3 lines, to

$TMP_DIR ="/var/www/bioGraph_1.0/tmp";

$CACHE_DIR ="/var/www/bioGraph_1.0/cache";

$URL_PATH = "http://localhost/bioGraph_1.0/cache";

10. WORKED PERFECTLY