Re: Setting Up PHP

There is a php-windows mailing list for questions like this. On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Dalton Seymour wrote: > Dear Webmaster, > > I'm trying to setup PHP support on an small 2 station Intranet for > development purposes. I'm using PWS under Win98 SE. I believe I'm > experiencing a common problem, but I seem to be unable to work my way around > it. At the suggestion of several installation tutorials, after installing > it, I have made a simple PHP file including the following statement: > > <?php phpinfo();?> > > I'm supposed to be able to test the functioning of PHP with that simple > command to confirm it's working. Yet, all I get is a security alert: > > Security Alert! The PHP CGI cannot be accessed directly. > This PHP CGI binary was compiled with force-cgi-redirect enabled. This > means that a page will only be served up if the REDIRECT_STATUS CGI variable > is set, e.g. via an Apache Action directive. > > For more information as to why this behavior exists, see the manual page > for CGI security. > > For more information about changing this behavior or re-enabling this > webserver, consult the installation file that came with this distribution, > or visit the manual page. > > I have tried for the life of me to disable the CGI.Force_Redirect or what > ever it is in the PHP.INI file but all that does is to make IE come back > with file not found. > > What do I have to do to disable the security from getting in the way of > displaying PHP pages? > > Sincerely, > > Dalton Seymour > >