404 error installing php5.2.5 on xp iis5.1

mousebear

I've read your iis6 install sticky, and think I have tried that here except for web extensions, which don't apply to iis5.1. Any help would be greatly appreciated:

Win XP, iis5.1
Installing PHP 5.2.5 only needing ISAPI (scripts through browser), no extensions.
Manual install using downloaded .zip.

I must be missing something. I’ve been trying on and off for days, but keep getting 404 (file not found) error:

Tested c:\php\php –I, and it successfully lists tons of settings.

Can see all my html files properly when browsing to localhost, but get 404 when I try a simple index.php test file with content = <?php phpinfo(); ?>

Phpfiles and folders live under c:\php: including php.exe, php.ini, and php5isapi.dll.
Added system environment variable PHPRC = c:\php
Added c:\php to windows path.

Copied php.ini-recommended to php.ini and modified the following:
display_errors = On
user_dir = (should this be something?)
doc_root "c:\inetpub\wwwroot"
extensions_dir "c:\php\ext"
Did NOT set cgi.force_redirect to 0, because not using CGI, nor CLI.

Modified following in iis 5.1:
Under home directory still only have “read access” enabled.
Execute permissions is “scripts only”.
Mappings: enabled “cache ISAPI applications”
Application Mappings: added .php extension with executable php5isapi.dll, enabled “ALL” verbs, “SCRIPT ENGINE”, and disabled “CHECK THAT FILE EXISTS”.
Added ISAPI filter PHP with value c:\php\php5isapi.dll (pretty sure I don’t need to do this because not doing HTTP authentication).
Documents: added index.php, but typing in full path anyway right now to test.
Did NOT add a new web service extension, because my iis is pre-6 version.

Added WRITE and MODIFY (do I need the latter?) permissions for IUSER_... for website folder and c:\php\ folder.

Turned off simple file sharing.

Have NOT done the following because I don’t know where to do these things:
Set permissions on C:\PHP that it inherits to the folders/files within that directory (not sure where I would do this, so haven’t)

Sorry if I've forgotten important steps I've taken.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Had php (probably older version) running (with mysql) last year, but rebuilt computer (with same OS/iis versions) and haven’t needed to develop php files again until now.

bradgrafelman

Check the ACL on the php5isapi.dll file itself - does the IIS worker username have permissions to read/execute the file?

mousebear wrote:
(not sure where I would do this, so haven’t)

Once you make the changes to the ACL for the PHP directory, hit the Advanced button and there's a checkbox (the middle one, I think - don't have it in front of me right now) that propagates changes to all child objects.

If nothing else, copy and paste the error message from IIS' error log.

mousebear

I gave up on installing PHP. I just never made any headway. Contacted a local user group but the email bounced back.

I checked the user IUSR... access control, and it appears to have MODIFY, etc. control of the entire PHP directory including the php5isapi.dll. I did apply privileges to all child objects in the directory, by checking the appropriate box under c:\php properties security...

I don't know much about the error log, but this is the last entry in ex080223.log:

05:02:45 127.0.0.1 GET /index.php 404

index.php has the simple content: <?php phpinfo(); ?>

Don't know if that helps or is enough info...

p.s. I did put my script files directly onto the web hosting server and got it to work. What a pain to troubleshoot though. It would be nice to get PHP loaded locally.

bradgrafelman

Where exactly did you place index.php ? Are you viewing file extensions in Windows to ensure that the file wasn't accidentally named index.php.txt or something similar?

mousebear

Thanks for attempting to help.

index.php is in the root of my localhost directory, right next to index.html. The latter comes up fine when I type its url into my browser: http://localhost/index.html

I have "hide file extensions for known file types" disabled, so I am seeing the full filename.

I did have a program associated with .php files in XP: Wordpad, which I later changed to IE. Just now I deleted the association by typing "ASSOC.PHP=" at the command prompt. I was hopeful, but alas this didn't fix anything.

Any ideas?