Re: PHP/IIS5/MSSQL shows CGI Header Error

Check if you have installed PHP in a folder to which only the administrator has access to. (Either PHP or the application that is calling PHP.) Regards, csaravind "David Redmond" <davidr@webcentral.com> wrote in message news:AE5415650BE985439A0FA429BA1AAD77029A0991@bnc.webcentral.com.au... > Hi All, > I am just wondering if anyone out there using PHP (4.2.3, bug also affects > previous versions and the latest CVS snapshot) with IIS5 and receives the > "CGI Header Error" in PHP scripts that use an MSSQL DB connection. > > This bug has been logged on the PHP buglist > (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=9852) however the moderators have closed the > bug without it being investigated correctly. > > I will re-itereate the points that I have listed in the bug thread, they > are; > > - I'm running PHP 4.2.3, IIS5, Win2K (SP3 + Q326830, Q295688, Q147222). > - IIS is configured to use Host Header > - The error message that is returned via the script is; > > <head><title>Error in CGI Application</title></head> > <body><h1>CGI Error</h1>The specified CGI application misbehaved by not > returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return > are:<p><p><pre></pre> > > - If the slot is run as a local administrator then the error does not occur, > similiary if you remove the IUSR access to the slot so that you are prompted > for authentication, and you use an administrator account. > - At the same time that the error is generated, a popup also occurs on the > console with the details; > > TitleBar: php.exe - Application Error > > The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). Click OK to > terminate the application > > - Any other PHP script which does not use an MSSQL connection works without > a problem, this also includes scripts which use MySQL. > > If anyone has encountered this problem before and found a resolution for it, > please post it here. As you may read from the bug thread, the developers of > PHP seemed to have passed this off as an IIS issue. > > Cheers