win98 - pws - php

[Yaak]

Hi,

I am trying to install php version 4.2.2 onto a win98 machine with Personal Web Server (pws).
I have meticulously followed all the installation instructions I could find (even changed the registry manually)... but everytime I open a *.php page I get this error:

HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error

The only help I get from the PHP readme.txt file is:
" Something went wrong when the server tried to run PHP. To get to see a sensible error message, from the command line, change to the directory containing php.exe and run <literal>php.exe -i</literal>
If php has any problems running, then a suitable error message will be displayed which will give you a clue as to what needs to be done next.
If you get a screen full of html codes (the output of the phpinfo() function) then php is working ok, and your problem may be related to your server configuration which you should double check."

I've done all that, and PHP reports working fine. PWS works as well, because the asp scripts I wrote still work and normal html pages are served as expected.

anybody knows what I can do next?

thanks,
Yaak.

[Yaak]

I found how to make it work:

remove and reinstall PWS.

... it did the trick for me. 🆒

[jespr]

Hi.
I've tried to install PWS on win98, only to experience an install-error each an every time.
I then downloaded apache 1.3.26 (win32) and it works without any problems. Also if you're planning more serious server-functions with MySQL-PHP the PWS is just not stable or good enough!

/jespr