Re: Running php locally ? - was : [PHP-INST] uninstall ??

> > Have you tried going to: > > Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs > > > > You may be able to do an uninstall from there. > > I just tried that and there was no entry for php. I think it's very sad > that the php conceptors haven't thought of including an uninstall option to > their creation... Maybe thy're too sentimental about it ? The installer is still quite new - and certainly has some features that could be added. :) > I'll try installing a server on my machine, as you suggested. Do you think > it could then actually work as a server when i'm online ? Will people be > able to connect to www.frederic_lemire.net or some web address of mine ? Depending on how the server is set, they might be able to connect to your IP address - they would not be able to connect to your box via a domain name (well, not unless you had someone set it up that way :). After you install your server, check the documentation. Apache, for example, lets you explicitly set who is and is not allowed to connect to the server. BTW If you really do want to uninstall PHP, then it should be fairly simple. ******Start Dire Warning****** I have not tested or tried this. If you do not have backups of your system, or if you have any doubts about your ability to recover your system from something dreadful happening to it, do not do this!!! *******End Dire Warning******* Rename the folder that PHP was installed in to old_php. Restart your system. If no error messages were generated during the restart, then remove the directory. Next find the PHP.INI and PHP4TS.DLL files and delete them. The PHP.INI may have been in the directory that you removed. PHP4TS.DLL should be in c:\windows\system or c:\windows\system32. Thats about it - there might be some other minor stuff left over, but this will get most of it. --zak