Re: win32 distribution install instructions and tree

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:05:22AM +0800, firepage wrote : > Hi, a quick rant about the current suggested installation for win32. > > I think that suggesting users copy all the dll's to the system dir and worse > still the php.ini to the windir is asking for trouble, most win32 users > interested in php-gtk already have mod_php setup on thier system and > overwriting the php.ini is a recipie for cursing. > > Why cant the suggested installation just dump all dll's in the /php4 > directory and extensions in /php4/extensions making sure that both php.exe > and php_win.exe look first in /php4 for the php.ini. > > There may be a good reason that this is not the case, but I can't see it as > your win32 typical user , it almost seems designed to annoy and confuse ... > user installs mod_php - it works - user installs php-gtk - mod_php is > stuffed > bad juju IMO ;) I'm seconding this. IMHO it's really a mess to copy it all to %SYSTEM% and you're right, it works all fine from a custom PHP direcotry. Maybe there are issues on W95/98 ? Also I think users may having trouble adjusting their %PATH% variable so they can call and execute their php-gtk binary from everywhere ... ?