PHP Installation on IIS 5.1 on Win XP Pr

Anon

OKay, I haven't been able to figure this out. I've got Win XP Pro, IIS 5.1, PHP 4.1.1, using NTFS, too.

I'm following the instructions from the manual.

Unpacked the zip to c:\php
IIS admin: Added ISAPI filter PHP to point to c:\php\SAPI\php4isapi.dll
Added mapping for .php to same php4isapi.dll
Stopped / Started IIS.
Get 500 - Internal Server Error with any PHP Page.

Read somewhere that php4isapi.dll should be in c:\winnt\system32 dir.

Moved the file there, stop/start, still getting 500 Error.

Whenever I start up IIS, I get this error in my Event View.

"The HTTP Filter DLL c:\winnt\system32\php4isapi.dll failed to load. The data is the error.

Data is: 0000: 7e 00 00 00 ~...

I've tried changing permissions on php4isapi.dll when it was in c:]php and c:\winnt\system32 to give IUSR_GUAVA, and IWAM_GUAVA read & execute permissions. That didn't change anything.

I made sure that the folder containing my php scripts under the IIS management console had read, write, script source access, etc...

Still getting 500 - Internal Server Error for everything.

I was able to easily install PHP this way on Win2K and IIS 5.0. That was simple, but for some reason I can't get it working on XP with IIS 5.1.

Has anyone been able to get this to work with NTFS? Am I missing a step. I guess the obvious problem is that IIS won't load the php4isapi.dll file, but why not?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

---John Holmes...

Anon

Check your Php.ini file settings for proper directory paths to your PHP.exe and .dll files. If you are using MYSQL database or extensions you may want to check these settings.

Anon

Thanks for the info.

I was able to get it working by copying php4isapi.dll to the c:\php folder, re-applying permissions to c:\php giving IUSR and IWAM read&execute rights, and stop/start IIS.

Then I copied php.ini to C:\winnt and editing it. It took effect with the next restart of IIS.

Thanks for the help.

---John Holmes...

Anon

I am having difficulty with the same installation as reported by John. I have followed all the suggestions from a number of sources:
1. Installed c:\php directory including php4isapi.dll and set read+execute permissions for IUSR and IWAM
2. Copied php4ts.dll to c:\windows\system32
3. Copied php.ini to c:\windows and made suggested changes to include_path = ".;c:\php\dlls" and doc_root = ".;c:\inetpub\wwwroot\"
4. Configured IIS Applications Configuration to include a new .php type pointing to c:\php\php4isapi.dll
5. Configured ISAPI Filter to point to c:\php\php4isapi.dll (this actually reports that it loaded with a green up-arrow)

When I load a test page with sample php code I get no error messages, nothing. I must have missed something obvious, but having invested several hours at this I'm frustrated that I can't get to first base. ANY HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Anon

I have not had these problems with PHP on IIS 5.1. I did not use the installer though, i went through it and manual put the file required to run php on IIS, php4isapi.dll

This information i got from

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2000/12/14/php_admin.html

is a good link, tells you how to set up mysql as well.