Re: installation on windows

Acutally, I spoke with the main developer of the windows binary at the PHP conference in San Diego.he suggested that it is a better practice to put those dll's in the same folder that php.exe is sitting in. He explained that php should still be able to find them there and it's not good practice to be adding things to your system folder on windows. I haven't tested it yet to make sure it still finds those dll's. I informed him that his documentation for installation explained to put them in the system folder and he said that was a legacy problem and he would make an effort to have those installation directions removed on the next release of php win binary. Angie Tollerson Alliance Technologies Web Programmer (515)245-7628 tollerson@alliancetechnologies.net >>> "Andrew Stopford" <andrew.stopford@btinternet.com> 08/14/01 11:36AM >>> >>> Hi, Just to add to Arjen and Phils advice you need to the following. From your C:\PHP directory you need to copy the files from the dlls directory to the C:\windows\system directory . Also from your C:\PHP directory you will need to copy the php4ts.dll to your C:\windows\system directory I hope that helps Andrew Stopford <legal@HEROCYCLES.COM> wrote in message news:OF5D6BE043.08223383-ON65256AA2.003974DD@domain... > Dear Friends, > > I am new to PHP (but familiar with ASP,JSP) and would like to have some > guidance notes from you. > I am using windows 98 OS on my PC with PWS installed on it. > I want to install PHP that runs on windows using PWS. > For this I have done the following: > 1. Downloaded php for windows from www.php.net , its is of about 738 > bytes. > 2. I extracted the same in c:\php folder. > 3. shifted the php.ini in c:\windows folder. > > My queries are: > 1. In which folder I have to place my php files? whether in c: > \inetpub\wwwroot folder where other asp files I put. > Because, when I put test.php file in c:\inetpub\wwwroot folder and > called by using http://localhost/test.php , It showed a > blank white > sheet that is without interpreting php. > 2. Whether I have omitted any step for installation? > > Pl. clarify. > > > Ajay K. Ratra > Ludhiana (INDIA) > ajay@LudhianaInfoline.com > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net