Bug #53721 [Com]: Upgrade breaks Apache config

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53721&edit=1 ID: 53721 Comment by: paulo230 at msn dot com Reported by: martijn at thany dot nl Summary: Upgrade breaks Apache config Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Apache2 related Operating System: Windows 2008 R2 PHP Version: 5.3.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thanks for solving that for me, it was INCREDIBLY STUPID AND FRUSTRATING !! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-01-23 17:20:08] kristjang at ffsn dot is I just downloaded Apache 2.2.17 (x86 MSI installer) and PHP 5.3.5 (V6 x86 MSI installer). As mentioned by martijn, I had to edit httpd.conf and add the path to the PHP module. Even then, Apache will crash on startup if I have PHPIniDir enabled, with the error "[crit] (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.". If I comment PHPIniDir out, Apache starts normally and loads .php files, however, according to phpinfo(), the "Configuration File (php.ini) Path" is set to "C:\WINDOWS" which doesn't contain any php.ini file. I had also set PHP's 'error_log' but it doesn't seem to read my php.ini file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-01-12 13:22:32] martijn at thany dot nl Description: ------------ This happens basically everytime PHP is upgraded by simply executing the windows installer. The problem is that the apache config is modified (which is reallt not even neccesary in a minor upgrade), in a way that breaks apache. This is what gets added: #BEGIN PHP INSTALLER EDITS - REMOVE ONLY ON UNINSTALL PHPIniDir "" LoadModule php5_module "php5apache2_2.dll" #END PHP INSTALLER EDITS - REMOVE ONLY ON UNINSTALL This is plain WRONG, because this piece of config assumes php5apache2_2.dll to be in apache's installation directory, which it isn't. The installer installs it in "C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP", which is a totally different directory, obviously. This problem produces two consecutive errors in the event log, upon starting Apache: >>> httpd.exe: Syntax error on line 426 of C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software >>> Foundation/Apache2.2/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software >>> Foundation/Apache2.2/php5apache2_2.dll into server: The specified module could not be fo . >>> und. . The solution is to include the path to the dll, like so: LoadModule php5_module "C:/Program Files (x86)/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll" This should (can can) be handled by the installer. Also, second error is the PHPIniDir. It shouldn't be empty. That's WRONG as well, and produces the following error: >>> PHPINIDir takes one argument, Directory containing the php.ini file . Why on earth would the installer produce such errors in the apache conf?? The solution, again, is to simply include the path to where php.ini has been put, which is almost always the installation dir: PHPIniDir "C:/Program Files (x86)/PHP/" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53721&edit=1