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

I did state that this was for the ISAPI version. There is no reason to use CGI. And win2k may well be easier, I wouldn't know. I installed it on Win98. I did NOTHING more than the 7 steps that I suggested and it works. And I ain't exaggerating when I said that I actually removed apache and php before starting (as in I was doing a reinstall of windows anyway so know mysterious "registry entries" that I may have done before could remain, or any other steps), I installed from scratch. It still works. Ross > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacques Steyn [mailto:jacques@knowsystems.com] > Sent: 20 June 2002 15:34 > To: r.fleming@clara.co.uk > Cc: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Eh?? RE: [PHP-WIN] Guidelines for installing PHP > on Apache Win32 - comments please > > > Hi Ross > It depends on whether you do ISAPI or CGI. > > You need to muck with registery if it is CGI, and then you have to > restart. > And WIN2000 etc is much easier than Win98. > > Then again, the referenced page is not an installation summary, but a > summary of > all the suggestions as the standard steps (in your case 7) do not seem > to work > on the specific configuration. Once a set of steps have been identified > that > works on this configuration, it will be posted as the final version. > > Ciau > Jacques > > Ross Fleming wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > ___________________ > 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 >