PHP with Apache on Windows XP

[Sharif]

I downloaded and installed Apache 1.3 on windows (using the windows MSI installer the download came with). I want to install PHP as well, so I downloaded the windows installer for PHP and I installed it as well. So how do I get apache to use PHP? I can't figure out how to do it on windows... Please help.

[blindeddie]

Check out the install.txt file in the directory you installed PHP in (usually c:\php). There is a section in the file called 'Web server configuration' The first heading under that is 'Installing PHP on Windows with Apache 1.3.x' It explains how to configure it as a sapi module or a cgi binary. Follow the directions and everything should work fine.

[hi-liter]

try making the following changes to your httpd.conf:

Change:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var

to:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.php

add:

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"

under ScriptAlias

restart apache.

[tsinka]

Hi,

if you want to use the module version instead of installing it as cgi you can do the following:

Download the zip file version of php and uninstall the installer version. It is recommended to use the version downloadable as zip file.

Copy php4ts.dll and all files from the dlls folder to the system (98/ME) or the system32 folder (NT/2K/XP).

copy the php.ini-dist to the windows or winnt folder and name it php.ini

Remove the cgi lines from the httpd.conf and add the following lines.

LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll
at the end of the LoadModule section

AddModule mod_php4.c
at the end of the AddModule section

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

somewhere below the LoadModule and AddModule sections.