note 71023 deleted from install.windows by cmb

Note Submitter: afitzs at for-finance dot com ---- I have found the following procedure to work correctly EVERY time for installing PHP version 5.x.x on Windows 2003 servers. (I have done over 100 of these on Web, Standard & Enterprise) 1. Download the current PHP Zip file to a folder of your choosing. 2. Download the old Installer.exe (I use 5.0.2) 3. Run the installer and accept the defaults in all cases except the IIS server, choose IIS 6.0 or later. The installer will complain that a script map is not registered and ask you if you want to register it. SAY YES!!! 4. Run the installer a *second* time, using the same settings as above. This time instead of the complaint that a script is not registered you should see a black dos box open and then close. This is your clue that the install was successful. 5. Copy your PHP .zip file to c:\php and extract and overwrite all files from the regular installer. 6. Edit c:\windows\php.ini to enable any extensions you may need and to set the extension directory to c:/php/ext All should be good to go. Test by running an info() from the web server. I have used this install on over 100 installs of 2003/IIS web servers. Generally they have been virgin installs, but a few have had existing sites on them. Using the above method I am able to install PHP in under 2 min. Of course, these are windows systems thus your mileage may vary. Note: I just tried to use the new .msi installer without success. Resorted to the above procedure and now have 5.2.0 running on the new server. Note2: PHP powers that be, please make a copy of the old installer available again somewhere easily found by people. I would be screwed if I had not kept an archive copy of the 5.0 installer.