Re: Windows Installer

Hello Phil, Very nice - PHP installed like a dream onto Win2k Pro/IIS! :) The modified instructions file seems good - however, I am very fuzzy right now. :P - zak ----- Original Message ----- From: ""Phil Driscoll"" <phil@dialsolutions.co.uk> Newsgroups: php.qa Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:32 AM Subject: [PHP-QA] Windows Installer > Hi > > I've posted the first version of the Windows installer at > http://www.dialsolutions.com/phil/php/SETUP.EXE > I've tested it here on IIS4/NT4 and PWS/Workstation and it seems to do the > right things! > > What it does: > Installs the files for the CGI version of PHP 4.0.3RC2 > (including a 'restart' install of msvcrt.dll if necessary) > Installs/edits php.ini > Configures IIS/PWS > > What is doesn't do: > Install any extension dlls > Configure Apache or any other type of web server > Install any test files - eg containing phpinfo() > > Although I had originally intended to install some extensions, I have not > done this for now because: > The setup.exe file gets very large very quickly! > I could not keep up with the rate at which new extensions were being built, > or incorporated into the main binary ;-) > > I would be happy to include a SMALL number of the most popular extensions if > we can agree what they would be, but we shouldn't increase the size of the > installer too much. > > There was some discussion a while back about whether php should be installed > in C:\PHP or C:\Program Files\PHP. Because there was some doubt as to > whether everything works ok with a space in the pathname, I've played safe > and stuck with C:\PHP. > > If anyone would like to write the stuff to configure other web servers > (Apache probably being the most important) what you need to do is write a > program which takes as its command line arguments, the path to the php exe, > the path to any special server configuration files (eg httpd.conf) if > necessary, and a list of the file extensions to map (eg .php). The program > should either configure the web server without user intervention if > possible, or provide some user interface to select which nodes/virtual > directories/websites to alter. Please contact me for more details. > > I would be very grateful if people could test the installer on a variety of > platforms and configurations and report back. > > Cheers > -- > Phil Driscoll > Dial Solutions > +44 (0)113 294 5112 > http://www.dialsolutions.com > http://www.dtonline.org > > > > > -- > PHP Quality Assurance Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-qa-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-qa-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >