php5 in iis5 on xp pro not bworking

paulhorne

I feel totally inadequate because I'm just not getting php to run under iis (php 5, iis 5, xp pro).
I had it running on an older machine on Win 2000 and didn't have a fraction of the problems I've had now. (I've listed further below what I've done ... excluding the obvious steps such as downloading & installing php)

The path statement finds the php directory (C:/php) but when I run C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/test.php (where the file is a sysinfo statement) I get the entire sysinfo output going out into dos as dos commands; that is if I go into dos and run test.php but capture the output to an html file and run that html file in IE I have the sysinfo page that I would have expected.

I'm sure the problem is easier than it seems but I've been looking at it for too long now.

What I've done so far:

Extracted the php files into c:\php

Installed IIS 5.1

In php directory, edited php.ini:
Changed doc_root= with doc_root = C:\Inetpub\wwwroot.
Changed extension_dir = with extension_dir = "C:\php\ext".
Changed cgi.force_redirect = 1 with cgi.force_redirect = 0.

In IIS, set ISAPI filter name as PHP and executable as C:\php\phpisapi.dll.
Added executable as C:\php\php-cgi.exe and extension as ".php".
Set "check that the file exists" to on
Checked "chache ISAPI applications"on.
Added index.php to the default document page, checked "enable default document".

My machine is named zog

In explorer, turned off simple file sharing.

In C:\InetPub\wwwroot\ given modify rights to IUSR_ ZOG.
Changed the Execute Permissions to 'Scripts only'

bradgrafelman

Why are you trying to run the ISAPI module and the CGI binary at the same time? Get rid of the binary and just use the ISAPI dll.
Have you given the IUSR_ZOG account permissions to at LEAST read & execute files in the c:\php\ dir (and all its contents)?
Did you restart IIS?

paulhorne

Thanks for your reply.
I took away the binary reference. IUSR_LOG has had read & execute access and I have been starting/restarting IIS.

The problem is unchanged, however.

Paul

bradgrafelman

Ok, let's see if it really is PHP's fault. Remove the ISAPI filter reference as well, and try visiting http://localhost again. Do you see the index page (BTW, do you have an index.html and/or index.php file in the webroot?) ?

paulhorne

Nothing on that call, it hangs.

Yes, have an index.php in webroot.
So.... an IIS problem?

bradgrafelman

Sounds like it... I'd be interested to take a quick peek at your IIS' metadatabase and see if there's still some PHP references in there.

Any chance I can contact you outside the board via AIM (preferrably), YIM, MSN, ?

paulhorne

Will have to set them up again ..... had to rebuild my laptop (yes, maybe part of the problem?) again after hardware faults (it's a new laptop, what can I say?). And am just about to head up to the Hills. Ok, if I contact you again in a few days? My php problem's not going to go away in a hurry.
Paul

bradgrafelman

I'm subscribed to this thread, so feel free to post back when you've made any progress.

Also... may I ask why you want to use IIS, as opposed to a better webserver such as Apache?

paulhorne

I agree about IIS. My websites are sitting on apache servers with my web-hoster. It's because I can't get it to work on IIS, I've spent a few too many hours wondering why and I don;t want to use apache locally until I know why it won;t run on IIS. That is, it should work, why doesn't it?
Got to go
Paul

bradgrafelman

If you'd like, I can walk you through step-by-step on how to install PHP as an ISAPI filter in IIS (well... IIS 6, unless I feel like finding IIS 5.1 somewhere and making sure it's the same :p), though I'll still suggest you switch to Apache :p

paulhorne

That sounds like a great idea. I'll be on the move again though ... off to a pub (Irish pub) to stay for a week, then to another city. I'll be looking for some of this city's free wi-fi hotspots to connect to. It'd be good to go through this in a cafe. When are good times for you?

bradgrafelman

Well, if you have AIM, you can message me whenever I'm online (an increasingly variable status lately).

Really, though, all I'd be doing is going through the steps listed in these two manual pages: [man]install.windows.iis[/man] and [man]install.windows.manual[/man].