note 36705 modified in install.apache2 by didou

this worked for me, handy if you format you harddrive once a month.. change the paths to the correct paths of your installation. PHP 5 and Apache 2 on Win2k: * Stop Apache. * Extract PHP. * Make the 'tmp' map in the PHP dir * Copy all dlls in the PHP map /dll to the root PHP map * Rename php.ini-dist it to php.ini. * Edit php.ini: - change the following settings: doc_root = "E:\Programs\Apache2\htdocs" extension_dir = "e:\Programs\PHP\extensions" include_path = "e:\Programs\PHP\includes" upload_tmp_dir = "e:\Programs\PHP\tmp" error_reporting = E_ALL SMTP = mail.chello.nl session.save_path = "e:\Programs\PHP\tmp" * Edit httpd.conf: - add these lines: ScriptAlias /php/ "e:/Programs/PHP/" AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .phtml AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe" <IfModule mod_dir.c> DirectoryIndex index.html index.php default.php main.php </IfModule> - modify: ServerSignature Off * Restart Apache. --was-- this worked for me, handy if you format you harddrive once a month.. change the paths to the correct paths of your installation. PHP 5 and Apache 2 on Win2k: * Stop Apache. * Extract PHP. * Make the 'tmp' map in the PHP dir * Copy all dlls in the PHP map /dll to the root PHP map * Rename php.ini-dist it to php.ini. * Edit php.ini: - change the following settings: doc_root = "E:\Programs\Apache2\htdocs" extension_dir = "e:\Programs\PHP\extensions" include_path = "e:\Programs\PHP\includes" upload_tmp_dir = "e:\Programs\PHP\tmp" error_reporting = E_ALL SMTP = mail.chello.nl session.save_path = "e:\Programs\PHP\tmp" * Edit httpd.conf: - add these lines: ScriptAlias /php/ "e:/Programs/PHP/" AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3 AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe" <IfModule mod_dir.c> DirectoryIndex index.html index.php default.php main.php </IfModule> - modify: ServerSignature Off * Restart Apache. http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php