RE: [PHP-DB] no sapi folder, or dll! RE: [PHP-DB] php/ apache/ windows XP

isn't the installer only intended for IIS? try downloading the .zip package and follow the install instructions provided. -----Original Message----- From: Mechanical Messiah [mailto:mechanicalmessiah@yahoo.com] Sent: 25. apríl 2003 21:25 To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] no sapi folder, or dll! RE: [PHP-DB] php/ apache/ windows XP i don't have a sapi folder, nor a php4apache.dll... i downloaded the installer, what might be the problem? wrong version or something? argh! :P sorry for the bother... --- Einar_Jónsson <ej@emax.is> wrote: > looks like you didn't read the install.txt provided > with php, so i'll > just paste the important part here for your > convenience: > > Installing PHP for Apache as module > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Now that version 4.1 introduces a safer sapi > module, we recommend > that you configure PHP as a module in Apache. > > To accomplish this, you have to load the > php4apache.dll in your > Apache httpd.conf. > > !! NOTE !! > Whereever you load php4apache.dll from, > php4apache.dll also > needs the php4ts.dll also included in the PHP4 distribution. > php4apache.dll depends on php4ts.dll which is > loaded as soon as > Apache loads php4apache.dll. If php4ts.dll can't > be found, you > usually get an error like (also see the > "Problems?" section at > the end of the file): > > Cannot load c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll into > server > > So where does php4ts.dll has to be to be properly > loaded ? > php4ts.dll is searched in the following order: > > 1) in the directory where apache.exe is start from > 2) in the directory where php4apache.dll is loaded > from > 3) in your %SYSTEMROOT%\System32, > %SYSTEMROOT%\system and > %SYSTEMROOT% directory. > Note: %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 only applies to > Windows NT/2000/XP) > 4) in your whole %PATH% > > Note: What is %SYSTEMROOT% ? Depending on your > Windows > installation this may be for example > c:\winnt or C:\windows > > Usually you would just copy it over to %SYSTEMROOT%\System32. > But if you want to have multiple PHP installations > (for > whatever reason) this is a bad idea. For this > circumstance the > safest thing is to let php4ts.dll reside in the > same directory > where php4apache.dll is loaded from (see point 2 > above). > > > After you've set up the file layout properly, > you're ready to > finally configure Apache to load the PHP4 module. > Just add the > following lines to your httpd.conf: > > LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll > AddModule mod_php4.c > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php > > Note: Especially newer versions of Apache do not > need the > AddModule directive anymore, your milage may > vary. > > > Where do I have to put the php.ini ? > The php.ini files is only searched in two places: > 1) in your Apache installation directory (e.g. > c:\apache\apache) > 2) in your %SYSTEMROOT% directory. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mechanical Messiah > [mailto:mechanicalmessiah@yahoo.com] > Sent: 25. apríl 2003 19:32 > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] php/ apache/ windows XP > > > What is the problem here? I'm a n00b, I'm extremely > sorry if I'm wasting your time, but I couldn't find > the answer elsewhere! > > I'm trying to set up php through apache4 on an XP > server. all i get when i view a php file is the > source > of it displayed in the browser. > > added to httpd.conf --> "LoadModule php4_module > ../../../php/php4ts.dll" > > error --> > "Syntax error on line 174 of C:/Program Files/Apache > Group/Apache2/conf/httpd.conf: > Can't locate API module structure `php4_module' in > file C:/PHP/php4ts.dll: No error" > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > http://search.yahoo.com > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php