[RESOLVED] PHP installed - now do I have to do a iisreset?

cupboy

I can't just do iisreset whenever I feel like it here. Is it required? When running a .php script it just says "HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)"

If the iisreset is not part of the installation procedure, then what else could be wrong?

The IIS version is whatever comes with Windows 2003 Server.

I did successfully install this on a Windows 2003 Server several weeks ago. Don't remember if I did a iisreset or not though. Should have keep better notes.

bradgrafelman

For some extensions to work, you must actually restart the entire server itself.

As for IIS, yes, I do believe a reset is required to even get PHP working.

cupboy

Well, the iisreset didn't do me any good.

Is it possible an admin has blocked the php extension somehow?

I see it listed under home directory / configuration in IIS, which is where I added it manually to match the other server where it successfully runs.

bradgrafelman

What are all the steps you took to integrate PHP with IIS?

cupboy

Well, the most recent step was to uninstall it from "Program Files" and I put it elsewhere. Now everything is fine. No iisreset was needed either. It just started working. Probably just a directory permissions problem, but I did install it in "Program Files" on the other server where it worked.

I'll consider my problem resolved.