note 46159 deleted from install.windows.iis by betz

Note Submitter: peter at peterguy dot com ---- Because it was so much easier than I expected, I'm sharing my notes after installing PHP 5 on my Windows Server 2003 machine that hosts several websites: - Download and unzip latest version (used 5.0.2) to D:\PHP - Rename/copy php.ini-recommended to php.ini - Add IUSER to Security tab for php.ini with Read and Execute, and Read permissions - Download browscap.ini (got it from http://www.garykeith.com/browsers/downloads.asp - php_browscap.ini) to D:\PHP\extras\browscap.ini - Uncomment and edit the browscap variable in php.ini to point to D:\PHP\extras\browscap.ini - Add to the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath = D:\PHP - Add (and allow) the PHP ISAPI Extension to IIS Web Service Extensions: D:\PHP\php5isapi.dll - Right-click on "Web Sites", goto Properties->Home Directory->Configuration...->Application Extensions and add a new extension: .php using D:\PHP\php5isapi.dll; limit verbs to GET,POST,HEAD. This will apply to every website. - Restart IIS - In one of the websites' home folder, create a new file named test.php with the single line below: <? phpinfo(); ?> - Point browser there to test. I did not, as was recommended in the manual installation steps, add D:\PHP to the System PATH env variable, as I am not going to use CGI or CLI, and I'm not sure I'm going to use any "web server modules" right now. hth, feel free to drop me a note about this, I'd love to help, -Peter