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

In fact, I'll update my installation instructions for the latest (not including apache2) releases for win32. Previously I was installing with win98(SE)/apache 1.3.20/php 4.0.6 so I guessed "maybe it's changed and is now more difficult?". So I downloaded the latest releases and I'm now using win98(SE)/apache 1.3.26/php 4.2.1 and used almost the same instructions. In Step 5 I entered the lines: LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll AddModule mod_php4.c AddType application/x-httpd-php .php instead, to which apache gave me the warning "module mod_php4.c is already added, skipping" implying that it will run fine without that line. Again, SAPI is better than CGI (don't take it from me, take it from the horses mouth at php.net) and I wouldn't even consider installing it as a CGI script. WinXP arrives on Friday or Saturday, and once I've installed it on that, I'll let you know if there are any changes to the install method, though I doubt it. I stand by my claims that installing it is not that difficult. Ross > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Fleming [mailto:r.fleming@totalise.co.uk] > Sent: 20 June 2002 16:09 > To: Jacques Steyn > Cc: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: 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 > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >