can't get PHP to install on NT Server

[Anon]

hi,

i am going nuts. please don't ask me to follow the instructions or read a manual, i have already done that to the best of my ability. i am not a dummy, nor am i genius. the problem i am having is that i have a php bundle that i downloaded from http://php.weblogs.com i tried this bundle once, and got PHP to work. but, then i tried to view my asp pages on my NT Server OS and PHP pages suddenly couldn't be viewed. what is going on? i have noticed that even after using the auto installer for the bundle that i mentioned above, i am still getting a lot of error messages about dll's not being loaded (found?). why would a bundle missing dll's be put up on the net for download? i really don't want to be stuck with ASP forever, i really want to start using PHP, but as it stands it looks like PHP is giving me no other choice. please don't refer me to FirePage's php bundle, that thing (to me) is a bunch of crap, forcing you to make a bunch of configurations, deletions and such. is there anyone out there that can honestly guide me in getting PHP set up on my machine so that i can develop for both ASP and PHP? i have a client waiting on me for ASP work to be done, so i can't just throw ASP out the door.

thanks,

thomas whalen
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[Anon]

try the php/mysql package from www.abriasoft.com for windows

hope this helps

[Anon]

Hi Thomas,

I am the author of the installer you are having problems with. Send me an email describing the errors you are having, and which version of the installer and we can discuss problem.

Are you familiar with PHP.ini? You must make sure that your PHP.ini matches the current software configuration. It is possible that it has been corrupted and that is why you are getting the error messages. This file is normally in your WINNT directory.

One solution to PHP.ini problems is to remove your PHP.ini file and run the easywindows installer again. This will restore a correct PHP.ini file.

Regards, John

[Anon]

John,

i have already sent you an email, but unfortunately haven't heard back from you. i know, i know, i just sent the email yesterday, so i admit that i really eager to get this PHP thing underway. it pains me to no end to see a Professional PHP book sit there on my computer table and know that i can't use anything i read about in that book.

there are dll's (modules?) that are being called by PHP (during loadup?) that i could not find in the directories that PHP supposedly said they were in.

i would be in hog-heavan if i could have my NT Server machine set up so that i can develop in both PHP << and >> ASP. i could not ask for anything more.

thanks,

Thomas

[Anon]

Just to be fair

www.nusphere.com also has a PHP4/MySQL package out for NT

[Anon]

okay, based on my experience for the past month in trying to get my NT Server machine at home set up for PHP, what i have come up with is this:

everyone offering a solution does NOT use IIS...come on people, i surely can't be the only freaking person on the planet trying to use PHP with IIS

everyone offering a solution would rather toss me to another web site than help me out with the bundle that i already have for PHP. my plea for help is not an invitation for people to tell me what they think the best bundle out on the internet is. with people saying "go here" or "go there for ANOTHER cool bundle" it is becoming just like calling your local phone company and getting tossed around from rep to rep.

[Anon]

Thomas,
I am running PHP4 on a W2K Pro Box which is essentially IIS 5.0 without some features. I am actively using both ASP AND PHP for the same reasons as you. I don't know what the threads refer to when they say packages of PHP. I installed the PHP Win32 binaries from php.net (don't ask me which distribution, I couldn't tell you) following the readme that was part of the php.net distribution as well as the thorough PHP4 Document, page 64 is IIS4/NT. The modules are part of the distrubution I downloaded. I opted not to install the ISAPI module as it is still in beta and used PHP in cgi mode.
I then installed the Win32 beta of mySQL for my database to develop on (this was the same setup as my target system,except it was Linux).

I have had no problems to speak of or at least they weren't significant enough to notice and did have to do a couple of minor tweaks on the php.ini, I can't remember which.

I'm not sure if this helps as your running 4.0 Server and I'm W2K Pro. But I thought I give you encouragment and let you know others are doing ASP and PHP side-by-side.

H

[Anon]

After a bit of emailing, Thomas and I have found a fix.

The php.ini list of extensions did not match the extensions in the extensions directory. A pruning of the extensions in php.ini solved the problem.

Yay! John