RE: note 90855 rejected and deleted from install.windows by notes editor thiago

Gotta tell you that I'm not all that impressed with your reply. I like the website, a lot. It's a great resource. But you "support" section leaves a lot to be desired. For instance, I tried tracking down a user group that wasn't just a sales pitch in disguise, and I finally found one in Denver ... that "may" be of some value. Seems to me you folks could set up a forum rather easily. In the meantime I'm scouring the entire world wide web looking for a (apparently non-existent) answer to my question. Have a nice day. Don -----Original Message----- From: php-notes@lists.php.net [mailto:php-notes@lists.php.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:08 AM To: dpharshman@dslextreme.com Subject: note 90855 rejected and deleted from install.windows by notes editor thiago You are receiving this email because your note posted to the online PHP manual has been removed by one of the editors. Read the following paragraphs carefully, because they contain pointers to resources better suited for requesting support or reporting bugs, none of which are to be included in manual notes because there are mechanisms and groups in place to deal with those issues. The user contributed notes are not an appropriate place to ask questions, report bugs or suggest new features; please use the resources listed on <http://php.net/support> for those purposes. This was clearly stated in the page you used to submit your note, please carefully re-read those instructions before submitting future contributions. Bug submissions and feature requests should be entered at <http://bugs.php.net/>. For documentation errors use the bug system, and classify the bug as "Documentation problem". Support and ways to find answers to your questions can be found at <http://php.net/support>. Your note has been removed from the online manual. ----- Copy of your note below ----- I'm installing PHP 5.2.9 (manually) on XP Pro SP3 with, of course, IIS 5.1 (plus MySQL 5.1, Wordpress, etc.). I'm using ISAPI instead of CGI, by the way. This is a dev machine, the final web site will get pushed to a host. No matter what I do I can't get phpinfo() to properly report the location of the Configuration File Path. It seems "glued to" C:\WINDOWS. I've: 1. Included PHP in the Windows PATH (before MySQL) as ";E\PHP;" 2. Added the PHPRC system variable pointing to my install location as "E:\PHP" 3. Modified PHP.INI's extension_dir to point to "e:\php\ext" 4. Modified the Registry to include: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP IniFilePath E:\PHP 5. Though it may not be relevant, I've set up the ISAPI module in IIS Properties for all "Web Sites" as follows: 5a. Added to the ISAPI Filters list: PHP pointing at e:\php\php5isapi.dll 5b. Set the Home Directory: Execute for Scripts Only and added the .php extension, having it point at the same location as above 6. Set the Documents, adding index.php and moving it to the top of the list 7. I then stopped and restarted IIS using net stop and net start (and completly rebooted my workstation too) No matter how many times I've checked my entries,when I run phpinfo( ) -- as test.php -- the "Loaded Configuration File" data is correct, but the "Configuration File Path for php.ini is not; it still points to "C:\WINDOWS". I'm not sure how serious this is, yet. The simple tests I've run so far seem to work okay but I'm concerned that having the Configuration File Path wrong, will "get me" sooner or later. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.