Configuring PHP for Windows 2000 Server. Properly, that is.

[alecodonnell]

I'm trying to get a PHP site built in Debian Linux operating on a Windows 2000 Server running PHP 4.2.2, as downloadable from http://www.php.net.

There are two key problems - the first is that the environment's not accepting variables passed on the GET line, and the second is that the 'isset()' function results in an 'undefined variable' error, which is singularly pointless given that isset() is supposed to determine whether a variable's been set.

Has anyone experienced this problem before and, if so, is there something I've got to configure to make these problems go away?

[piersk]

There shouldnt be any major problems, since one of the great things about PHP is that scripts can be used on any webser on any OS, as long as PHP is installed.

Could it be that you're using an older version of PHP on the new server compared to the old one?

[jerdo]

First on the Get line, most likely in your php.ini register_globals is probably set to off. You can either bypass security concerns and set it to on or change your variable names to $_GET[whatever]. As for the isset not working, it might be because of the globals being off.

[alecodonnell]

OK. So I've set register_globals to true, and I've (a) restarted IIS and (b) rebooted the machine a couple of times and it's still coming up with the same error.

Is there anything else that I need to do to make IIS realise that the PHP configuration has changed? Rebooting Windows machines forces a reload of EVERYTHING, so I'm not convinced that I've done the right thing to the PHP.

Please advise.

[alecodonnell]

I've sorted the problem. The :mad: has gone away, I'm less 😕 and can now be 🆒

Thanks to piersk and jerdo.

[baki]

Hello,

i've just read your message where you described your problems with passing variables. Since i have the same configuration and the same problem i would really appreciate, if you can tell me shortly what you have done to fix the problem.
THANKS IN ADVANCE,

Baki

[alecodonnell]

Regarding errors, in the...

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Error handling and logging ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

...section, you should have the following line uncommented:

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE.

That should sort out any problems you're having with unwanted notices (i.e. PHP whingeing about uninitialised variables). Then, once you've done that, go to the section titled...

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Data Handling ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

...you should have a line saying:

register_globals = On

I believe that the default setting is 'register_globals=Off,' which is a more secure way of doing things (and one where you have to prefix variables). The INI file contains more information on the subject.

Hope this helps!

[baki]

Thank you very much,

i followed your advise and it works fine now. 🙂

I appreciate that,
baki