Eh?? RE: [PHP-WIN] Guidelines for installing PHP on Apache Win32 - comments please

Have I just been working with computers for too long? To test I wasn't missing something, I've just installed Apache/PHP from scratch, and it is by no means as involved as that page makes out. There are only SEVEN steps I had to do... 1. Installed apache to c:\program files\apache group\apache (used the .msi file and just hit next a lot) 2. Extracted the PHP zip file to c:\php 3. renamed php.ini-dist and moved it to c:\windows (actually MOVE it to ensure you've only got one copy) 4. opened the newly created php.ini (in the c:\windows folder) and entered the details for doc_root and extension_dir.. change NOTHING else, you're only trying to get it working: doc_root = "C:\progra~1\apache~1\apache\htdocs" extension_dir = "c:\php\extensions" 5. Opened the httpd.conf file in the apache/conf folder and added the following lines to the bottom of the file: LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll AddType application/x-httpd-php .php 6. Placed a copy of php4ts.dll in the windows/system directory. 7. Started Apache and et voila, pointing to http://localhost/test.php test.php was located in apache/htdocs and contained only the following: <?PHP phpinfo(); ?> There are NO restarts involved and no mucking about with the system registry. And if anyone here is feeling a sense of deja-vu, then it's probably because the 7 steps (which took all of five minutes) all feature in the install.txt file that comes with the PHP distro. I struggled to find how the Feel free to replace the webpage with that. This also assumes that you want the apache module, the CGI version is horrible and less functional anyway Ross > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacques Steyn [mailto:jacques@knowsystems.com] > Sent: 17 June 2002 22:26 > To: php-windows@lists.php.net; php-install@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Guidelines for installing PHP on Apache Win32 - > comments please > > > Quite a few notes have been posted here on guys battling to get this > kind of environment going. > If you have tips on installing PHP for Apache on Win 98, could you > please read > http://www.knowsystems.com/notes/phpinstallnotes.html > and comment. The notes in the PHP Manual are ancient and need an update. > > I've had some good feedback from the friendly guys on this list, but > have not been able to get the system going yet. > > So I put together all the suggestions for all to see - and hopefully get > a fix so that others do not battle as I have done. > > Please note that somewhere there is something missing in these > guidelines - which is where I desparately need your help. So don't > follow them yet... > > Thanks > Jacques > -- > ___________________ > Jacques Steyn > > +27 (0)11 478-1259 > http://www.knowsystems.com > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >