note 49580 added to faq.installation

From: Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:20:21 +0000
Subject: note 49580 added to faq.installation
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I was having a lot of trouble getting PHP 5 with PWS 4.0 on Windows 98 to find my php.ini file, but then I realized that the manual had omitted a small but very important piece of information (which may be obvious to Windows gurus). The manual states that you should set the PHPRC environmental variable in your autoexec.bat file with the syntax: set PHPRC C:\php (replace C:\php with the directory where php.ini is located). This should actually be: set PHPRC=C:\php That "=" sign is very important! Your php.ini file will not be found if you do not include it! Also note that you must not use any spaces when defining the path to your php.ini file (this seems to be the only instance when that matters). You can simply substitute the DOS name for any folder names that have spaces. For instance, set PHPRC="C:\Program Files\PHP" does not work, but set PHPRC=C:\PROGRA~1\PHP does. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.installation.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+49580 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49580&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49580&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49580&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49580&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49580&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+49580&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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