php files not parsed (iis5 win 2000)

justarock

I have a win 2000 server with IIS 5 and php 4 installed, everything appears to be working properly when im testing locally, but once I try to bring up a php page from another computer I just get the php code.

This is the scenario....

In an RDC connection to the server I can pull up internet explorer and browse my web site thats running on that server, all the php pages work fine, and all the modules work fine (mysql, gd, etc..)

When browsing the site from any other computer, I get php code only.

I have followed many different tutorials on installing php with IIS 5 and they all yield this same result, so I think my installation is mostly fine.

I have used both the isapi and cgi versions.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

-Shea

Doug_G

Are you sure you're getting to the same server from other computers? I've left port forwarding errors on a router that took requests to a different machine from what I expected.

Do you have to authenticate when you're running the page locally? Is you IIS configured for anonymous access? If yes, then IIS operates using the internet guest user account, normally IUSR_computername, but if you authenticate then IIS impersonates your logged on user account. So one possibility is a permission setting problem somewhere.

However, getting the php code into your browser indicates the page is not going through the php interpreter, or the page doesn't have execute permissions.

justarock

When I ping it from other computers, I get the proper IP address. I didnt ping it from the RDC, that seemed a no brainer, but ill check now.......yeah, its good, comes back as the localhost IP address.

There is no login for the web site, so I guess it must be using the anonymous user, and all the folders are set for "Everyone" access for read and execute.

Im trying a fresh install of php4.4, I have completely removed all signs of php from the server as to get a clean install. Wish me luck.

-Shea

Doug_G

Try adding the IUSR_computername user account to the web files permissions.

Another quick way to check if it's a permissions thing is to temporarily add the IUSR_ account to the local administrators group, reboot, and see if your authentication problems go away. If so it's just a matter of locating all the page files and elements that need IUSR permissions.

It seems to me that newer versions of windows don't include the IUSR_ account in the Everyone group.