nominatim admin --check-database
```
-Now you can try out your installation by executing a simple query on the
-command line:
+If you have installed the `nominatim-api` package, then you can try out
+your installation by executing a simple query on the command line:
``` sh
nominatim search --query Berlin
nominatim reverse --lat 51 --lon 45
```
-If you want to run Nominatim as a service, you need to make a choice between
-running the modern Python frontend and the legacy PHP frontend.
-Make sure you have installed the right packages as per
-[Installation](Installation.md#software).
+If you want to run Nominatim as a service, make sure you have installed
+the right packages as per [Installation](Installation.md#software).
#### Testing the Python frontend
nominatim serve --engine starlette
```
-Go to `http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
-You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`
+Go to `http://localhost:8088/status` and you should see the message `OK`.
+You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search?q=Berlin`
or, for reverse-only installations a reverse query,
-e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
+e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
Do not use this test server in production.
To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please continue reading
[Deploy the Python frontend](Deployment-Python.md).
-#### Testing the PHP frontend
-
-!!! danger
- The PHP fronted is deprecated and will be removed in Nominatim 5.0.
-
-You can run a small test server with the PHP frontend like this:
-
-```sh
-nominatim serve --engine php
-```
-
-Go to `http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
-You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`
-or, for reverse-only installations a reverse query,
-e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
-
-Do not use this test server in production.
-To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please continue reading
-[Deploy the PHP frontend](Deployment-PHP.md).
-
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