#21833 [Fbk->Opn]: IIS 5.0 requires additional parameters on Add Mappings Tab

ID: 21833 User updated by: dvorobyov@sympatico.ca Reported By: dvorobyov@sympatico.ca -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows 2000 Server PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: Thank you for responding to my report! Well, first of all, I must say that I am PHP beginner with good Perl/CGI programming experience. I downloaded PHP 4.3.0 for Win32 (not MSI install, just files for manual installation), unpacked it and configured everything as it was described in the install.txt. Then I create a small index.php and place there <?php phpinfo(); ?> to test the installation. It didn't work (No input file). So I tried this trick - it worked. That is how it was. This morning I tried again to remove these %s and again I received an error. Put them back - everything is OK. It can be easily tested - just create another website in Internet Service Manager, configure default application with .php mapping but without %s and place index.php as a default document. That is exactly how I did it. I think this problem also relates to IIS 4.0 and higher. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-22 22:38:02] pollita@php.net I have *NOT* experienced this requirement with PHP installed as a CGI on my Win2K/IIS5.0 installation. (I just have "c:\php\php.exe" entered in my IIS5.0 setup). Some research needs to be done to determine when and why it is necessary. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-22 22:34:30] philip@php.net Is this modification specific to (required for) IIS 5 and not IIS 4? Even so, does adding it still allow IIS 4 to work with PHP CGI? This %s %s information appears in the user comments as well but needs to be put in the manual :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-22 22:15:54] dvorobyov@sympatico.ca Sorry, I forgot to include URL: http://aspn.activestate.com//ASPN/Reference/Products/ActivePerl/faq/Windows/ActivePerl-Winfaq6.html Link: How do I configure Microsoft IIS 4.0/IIS 5.0 to support Perl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-22 22:07:42] dvorobyov@sympatico.ca <?php phpinfo(); ?> This line produced the "No input file" output after I configured PHP on IIS 5.0 by following each step of installation instructions (I decided to configure PHP to work as a CGI script, not SAPI ) After several tries I understood what the problem is. I have an experience in Perl programming under Linux and Windows and I remembered that Active Perl 5.6 installation script adds not only the script name in Add/Edit Application Extension Mapping dialog but also adds %s %s to the end. Quote from the ActiveState Perl installation docs: "To run Perl as a CGI application, type the full path to Perl.exe followed by %s %s. When a script is executed, the first %s will be replaced by the full path to the script, and the second %s will be replaced by the script parameters." This applies only to CGI mode. For ISAPI mode there is no need in these additional %s %s at the end. So I suggest that installation guide may be corrected like this: --- text --- Windows NT/2000/XP and IIS 4 or newer and PWS 4 on NT Workstation or W2K non server editions --- text --- If you want to use the CGI binary, do the following: Under 'Home Directory', 'Virtual Directory', or 'Directory', click on the 'Configuration' button, and then enter the App Mappings tab. Click Add, and in the Executable box, type: c:\php\php.exe %s %s (assuming that you have unzipped PHP in c:\php\). --- text --- And thats it! Here is also a URL to ActiveState website where I found the explanation for this %s spells :-))) Well, this is it. Everything else is working fine! Denys Vorobyov ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21833&edit=1