Dear Peter,
I have recently installed that software on Windows NT, 98 and ME and it's working fine and successfully, especially with MySQL database. You simply have to follow the configuration instruction, that you might have somewhere, related to:
1) Apache server (edit file: httpd.conf)
2) DLLs (copy: php4ts.dll, msvcrt.dll)
3) PHP4 (edit file: php.ini)
Apache server and PHP4 need to share some DLLs and "talk each other" in order to be able to run correctly...
Once installed Apache, check if it is working fine stand alone, at least, using tools included in the Apache application.
Once you have made all the setup below, restart your PC: the black Apache DOS window should be indicate that PHP is running with it (should be). If not, you may have some corrupted file or some compatibility problem or some incorrect directory problem.
Here attached you can find some details about the procedure. If you might have some problem copying "mscvrt.dll" in Windows, please eventually contact some Windows friend expert or your System Administrator (if you are networked).
Best Regards
Pier Luigi BONATTO
pierluigi@bonatto.com
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PHP4 Installation with Apache
Stop the Apache Webserver.
Edit the httpd.conf and put in these lines, modified to your environment:
Unzip the Package to c:\php, now move php4ts.dll to the windows/system(32) directory, overwritte any older file!
for the apache module
LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4
#for the cgi binary (you can use that one compiled with force cgi redirect too)
ScriptAlias /php4/ "C:/php/"
Action application/x-httpd-php4 "/php4/php.exe"
AddType application/x-httpd-php4 .php
Copy the php.ini-dist to your sysroot (directory where you installed windows), rename it to php.ini, and
edit the php.ini to fit your needs.
Restart the Apache server.
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