Re: help needed with windows install part of the PHP manual

On Monday 21 June 2004 12:34, Steph wrote: > > Thats not as simple as it sounds. It is possible for php 5, > > because there is > > php.exe for the cli-version and php-cgi.exe for the cgi-version. > > Unfortunately this is not true for php 4 versions, before we can instruct > > people to dump all contents to e.g. c:\php. We have to instruct them, to > > rename php.exe to php-cgi.exe or to rename /cli/php.exe to something > > else. > > Huh? > > In PHP 4 distros, php.exe stays as php.exe, and /cli/php.exe as > /cli/php.exe - the renaming happens in PHP 5 only, where we have php.exe > and php-cgi.exe in the same toplevel directory. Yes, I know. I was referring to Jakubs suggestion and yours to have all contents in one folder. But it seems, I got it wrong, sorry ;-) > > So far, there is no easy solution "dump all contents to c:\php", > > which will > > work for php 4 and php 5, without specific instructions for php 4. > > You need specific instructions for both 4 and 5, but it's hardly > complicated in either case.. But at least confusing ....;-( > > Of course, this would be possible if php 4 get packaged like php 5, but i > > doubt it will happen:-( > > Too right :) it's produced by a different build system. ;-( Friedhelm