I couldn't get this combination to run as apache module. Apache simply will refuse starting, and I have no way of figuring out where exactly it fails.
I did copy the dlls into the system directory and made the usual modifications in httpd.conf.
does anyone have a running combination with the same version numbers ?
Lutz
Hi,
did you also copy php4ts.dll to the system32 directory ?
Which version of apache do you use ? Check if the path to the php4apache.dll (php4apach2.dll if Apache 2.x) contains any spaces.
Lutz,
I didn't get PHP to run in a stable way with Apache2. If you look into the documentation, they do not recommend using Apache2. Finally I gave up and went back to the pre-packaged PHP installer I used before (e-novative WAMP). This installs in a click and I don't have any trouble with configuration.
The guys from e-novative said to me that according to their tests, Apache 2 is not stable with PHP and they'd release an updated installer for Apache 2 as soon as it becomes stable.
Hope this helps,
Vanessa
as an easier alternative to apache for xp, try http://badblue.com - free web server for Windows designed for PHP. Only 400K download. Click the help tab, select PHP Wizard, then follow the Wizard. It takes about 45 seconds total.
Nice spamming Ame, noticed this exact response in a couple of other posts of yours. Vanessa, you need to read new documentation, PHP hasn't said it's unstable with Apache 2 for quite some time. Make sure you set Apache to use php4apache2.dll and not php4apache.dll (there is a difference).
All I know is that I have had a devil of a time getting Apache to run PHP on all of my different Windows machines for development purposes. IMO, Apache is not designed to integrate well with Windows - or at least get set up by novices under Windows, so far as I can tell. In the mean time, the server I mentioned is designed specifically for a ME/XP/2K type environment and is quite easy to install. For novices, developers, etc. under Windows, I think it's much easier.
[Edit] - one other thing, I only visit every few weeks. But I always seem to find a bunch of folks having trouble getting PHP installed under Windows, whether it's Apache, IIS or PWS. I counted three this morning on the first page alone. So I don't think it's just me.