Re: windows install

On Tuesday 03 August 2004 16:42, Friedhelm Betz wrote: > On Tuesday 03 August 2004 14:51, Wez Furlong wrote: > > Thou shalt not put application data into SYSTEMROOT. > > Don't do it. Ever. > > Really! > > > > Read the M$ guidelines on this stuff, including the dll-hell articles > > and the setup and install guidelines. Read the documentation on .ini > > files and the registry. > > > > They've all been telling developers to keep their crap out of the > > system folders; they don't belong there. > > > > Do *NOT* tell our newbie users to put stuff in there, because they > > invariably screw things up during installation, uninstallation and > > upgrade time. It's a big headache. Let's not go there. > > According to what you said I expect changes to > main/config.w32 .h and win32/build/config.w32.h.in to _not_ make use of > > #define PHP_CONFIG_FILE_PATH > (getenv("SystemRoot"))?getenv("SystemRoot"):"" > > for default path/directories > > Instead it should use something like "c:\\php5" or "c:\\php4 as default > location. > Changing this would have the benefit, that we could instruct people to use > the default location c:\php4 or c:\php5 and they do not need to use PATH or > PHPRC, right? > This sort of installation is also used by MySQL on Win: > Unzip all contents to the default location, copy php.ini-* to php.ini and > you are done. This way php is self-contained in a daefault location without > any modifications. > > If one wants to put php in a different location than c:\php[45] (not > suitable for newbie users) they can use PATH, PHPRC etc. > > Hope, I got this right, or I am missing something important? > > Friedhelm Anything wrong with this suggestion or was it too dumb or misleading? Friedhelm