Unfortunately your PHP version is too low. file_get_contents is available >= 4.3.0. It is highly recommend to upgrade your PHP to the latest version (4.4.2 currently).
Netware 6.5 delivers PHP 5.0 with server install and PHP 5.0 is the ver. now in place. When I open a browser session to a the install wizard the browser displays the .php text file and does not initiate the wizard. What should I investigate, Apache conf or PHP.ini?
EZ Publish 3.x don't support PHP 5, you should use PHP 4.4.x. Your apache needs to be setup to handle php files via the PHP module, something like this:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
You can find more information about this at http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php
I've downloaded the php-4.4.2 zip file, expanded the contents into the php dir. on the sys: volume. I've also reviewed the php install instruction document which is informative for many NOS's expect Netware. The current Apache conf files doesn't have the sections described in the Unix sections of the php 4 install instructions. Are there more Netware specific instructions available somewhere?
Thanks for the link to the php instruction. However I'm still encountering a couple of problems. I added the search paths at the server console. I made the modifications in the Apache conf file. Apache would not load successfully, PHP 4.4.2 does not provide the nlm's required in mod_php.conf called in the Apache conf.
Ken, I suggest to ask those questions on the Novell NetWare dedicated forums, or use Novell support. This is related to the OS environment mostly. If possible I would recommend to use Linux for the best performance and stability for eZ publish.