"No input file specified"

[23style]

Hello all,

We have configured a web server running
IIS 6
PHP 4.3.7

Under the directory: http://localhost/ php runs fine

Under the directory: http://localhost/sitename/ it produces the error "No input file specified" (this is the important directory as it is the domain)

the same result happens when it is run through a browser accessing the domain directly.

i tried setting cgi.fix_pathinfo=1 in php.ini , but this had no effect.

anyone know what causes this to happen?

thanks, i really appreciate tht help 😃

[TheDefender]

Try Googling the error phrase. You may find some helpful items, or you may not. There were a lot of articles, but I am not certain how they apply to you.

Anyhow, check your IIS to make sure you have your virtual directory setup right, and that you have the *.php extension allowed for that virtual directory.

Also, you may want to look into installing Apache instead of using IIS... I switched from IIS on WinXP to Apache, and my scripts run faster and better. In addition, I opened up my scripting options with things like the mod_rewrite functionality in Apache. Just my 2 cents.

[Weedpacket]

At a rough guess I'd say: because you didn't specify a file (and the server no doubt isn't doing anything fancy to the URL), the server is looking for a default index page in that directory. Traditionally, that file is called "index.html", so IIS naturally looks first for "default.htm". It has a list of files to look for, and uses the first one it finds. If it doesn't find any, it doesn't serve one, and says it's because you didn't ask for one.

[Drakla]

edit php.ini and uncomment

cgi.force_redirect = 0

also try it at 1 - don't know if you have to restart the server with IIS like apache, but you'll know.

[TheDefender]

Going along with what Weed said, IIS doesn't include index.php by default, just so you know, so you have to open the computer management MMC, and add the index.php to the list of default files for your web sever.

[wanted420]

I am having the same problem and have searched google with no success. I tried what was suggested here and still nothing. I am using:

Apache Apache/2.0.49
PHP 4.3.7
MySQL 3.23.49
Perl

Been stuck like this for 4 days now and i do not know what else to do 🙁. Here is more info about my server setup and stuff:

http://concept4.ca/diy/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10&sid=10b5a11bccc4df05d7fe3edbea194023