I use my local XP machine for developing PHP files and everything's been running great for years. My notebook died and I had to replace it and now I can't get PHP running.
I followed all the instructions in the PHP install file, but when I try to load any php file (including the phpinfo() generic test) I get:
Server Application Error
The server has encountered an error while loading an application during the processing of your request. Please refer to the event log for more detail information. Please contact the server administrator for assistance.
I've remove and reinstalled PHP a couple of times, I've deleted and readded the website in IIS a couple of times, each time following the install instructions carefully but I always get back to the same result.
I'm trying to configure to use php5isapi.dll. Here's what I did:
1) Installed IIS, configured the generic website.
2) Installed PHP using the MSI installer (into C:\PHP). I chose the option for IIS 4+
3) Configured path to include C:\PHP
4) Added rights to the IIS user account for the PHP directory.
In troubleshooting I've:
1) Tried the PHP.INI from my old installation (off a backup) as well as the new one that was created.
2) Removed, reinstalled and reconfigured just about every aspect of IIS and PHP.
3) Tested that regula HTML web pages work.
4) Tested PHP from the command line with the php.exe (works fine with my test.php script).
I'm not sure what to try next, but everything I've tried hasn't changed the error or the symptoms at all...it's always immediately a server error when you put in a PHP file for the URL
Any suggestions on where to go next?
Thanks!
