Re: Valid set of installation instructions for PHP

As clearly stated on our download page, Apache 2 support is experimental. If the meaning of the experimental word is not clear to you, open a dictionary and search up, what does that mean. The Oxford dictionary says this: exploratory, on trial, pilot, provisional, tentative, trial (http://www.askoxford.com/dictionary/experimental) All these meanings should show that the Apache2 support is not stable, it's in development stage, and it's is not intended for production servers. Please use Apache 1.3.x with PHP, as they has a stable and proven good relationship. I would not like to be offensive, but we receive this kind of mails every day, as guys does not seem to read the text on the download page... Goba [one webmaster@php.net] ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Basile To: webmaster@php.net Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:18 PM Subject: Valid set of installation instructions for PHP I have been trying for four (4) days to install PHP on our Apache 2.0.40 server. I find on your website incomplete and incorrect instructions on how to install the software. I have been through the FAQ section and the thread attached to the installation section of the on line PHP manual. I have also gone through google groups to seek help on the installation as well. All I see are dozens of people with the same problem of getting PHP to run and responses consisting of as little as two (2) or three (3) lines that need to be added or dozens of lines to fix the problem. Neither of which is apart of your installation instructions. I have been trying the binaries approach to installing the software without success, seems I need to do DLL changes and massive recompile on a work space that does not even exist according to the websites instructions. From what I have read on the web the SAPI module approach is worse then doing the binaries. I can not afford to spend anymore time on this problem. I need a simple set of instructions of what needs to be done or I will have to abandon PHP in favor of Perl and probably trash the Apache server since nothing seems to work with it. Joseph C. Basile III. Analyst 12001 Science Dr #165 Orlando, FL. 32926 407 737 0808 (vmx) 407 737 0804 (fax)