#24970 [NEW]: install.windows.php

From: danielc at analysisandsolutions dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: install.windows.php Description: ------------ Hi Folks: I would like to strongly urge install.windows.php be changed in regards to how DLL's and paths are handled. The current recommendations say users should move the various needed DLLs into a location that's within the path, like c:\winnt\system32. This is cumbersome and prone to error, particularly when upgrading. The FAR simpler solution is to change the path itself. All one needs to do is add ";c:\php;c:\php\dlls" to the end of one's path statement and you're good to go! Now, one can switch between PHP versions just by moving the old installation into a different directory and unziping the new version into c:\php. This is what I've done on my system and it works great. Thanks, --Dan -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24970&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24970&r=gnused