Unable to run <? phpinfo(); ?> on WIN2000/IIS

saturdave

Hello. I am trying out some scripts for processing data in a SQL 2000 Server on a Win2K machine running IIS 5.0.

I had PHP functioning last week (or at least I tought I did).

My configuration is as follows:
PHP installed as ISAPI with dlls in C:\WINNT\system32.
App Mappings & ISAPI Filters for Server & Default Web Site set at same location in system32.
php file with <? phpinfo(); ?> in the root directory.
In php.ini file, which resides in C:\WINNT, the root path is set to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot as instructed.

I executed stop & start commands at the command prompt several times trying to get IIS to process the php code, but it simply passes the text on to IE (Note: the page does not come up blank--rather the PHP code is passed on to the browser).

I have been testing several pages out with (X)HTML-Kit, which is installed on the same drive as PHP, and things were fine within (X)HTL-Kit. Only when I tried opening the pages in the root directory did I see that the pages were not being processed.

Will IIS shut down PHP processing once & a while?

Could this problem be due to the fact that I am running PHP as ISAPI & not an executable?

Why is (X)HTML-Kit able to process the pages despite the fact that IIS can not?

Any ideas would be of great help.

Dave

planetsim

Did PHP work before?
Can any other PHP Page be parsed? Id take a look at your access logs and error logs it may help you out. But it does seem that PHP hasnt been installed correctly.

If its all PHP pages not being parsed id suggest you reinstall PHP

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.iis.php#install.iis.iis4

saturdave

In response, PHP was working before. I was running scripts on PHP pages to access my SQL 2000 database. Now, those scripts simply return the page (including the unprocessed PHP code) to the browser.

Is it common for IIS to 'turn off' PHP processing? If so, how does one restart it without reinstalling PHP?

This makes me nervous as I need a reliable solution for my client. If PHP does not mix well with IIS, I will need to consider another solution.

Anyone have an opinion and/or experience concerning PHP, IIS & their compatibility?

Yamakazi

Are you sure your IIS server is using PHP.
Go to adminastrative tools and choose Internet Services Manager.
Right-click default website's and choose properties.
Choose the Isapi filters tab and push add. Name your filter PHP and browse to php4isapi.dll
Choose the home directory tab and set execute permissions from none to 'scripts only' or 'script and executables'. Then press configure.
On the tab Application mappings Push add.
Browse to your php4isapi.dll
Set .php as extension.
Set verbs to all verbs and besure to check 'script engine'.

Restart the service. (don't right click the default website's and choose restart, restart the World Wide Web Publishing Service)

If it doesn't work try a restart. (hey it's windows)
If that doesn't work install a linux dist. and use Apache.

PS: i never used IIS as a web server i just tried this and it worked.

The_Chancer

Been using the Apache2 distribution on Win2K, 2Kserver and XP Pro with no hassles for a year or so - While IIS is good for ASP and does support PHP, I noticed a dramatic increase in the speed as well by changing over.

The installation docs on the PHP.net site also are good for adding this into Apache. As well as there being more web docs for configuring Apache .htacess etc

As for a stable solution that is just using PHP, I would say use Apache.