Re: Installing PHP 4.0.5 on win 2000 Professional

>I have installed everything, but PHP icon or program group never appear. >Can we use PHP to develop using Windows o/s or not. >When I run php.exe in /php/ it just hangs in DOS mode. PHP is something that plugs into the web server - it's not the sort of thing that gets entered in your start menu. When you run php.exe it runs in interactive mode - hence the apparent hang - it is waiting for you to type some input, although this is not how you would normally drive php. Have you configured IIS as per the installation instructions (or if you used the installer did you tell it to configure IIS for you)? If so, create a file called test.php containing <?php phpinfo(); ?> and save it into your web root directory (usually C:\inetpub\wwwroot then from your browser go to http://localhost/test.php and you should be up and running. Cheers -- Phil Driscoll Dial Solutions +44 (0)113 294 5112 http://www.dialsolutions.com http://www.dtonline.org