The latest version of PHP works on Windows XP (that is what I have). This is version 4.3.2RC1 (the one before it had a defective file that made me crazy for a week). I have Apache 1.3.22 as a server (which is free if you don't have it). Copy and modify the php.ini-recommended and rename it to php.ini. Move it to the WINDOWS directory. Copy the php4ts.dll to the WINDOWS/system32 directory (I copied the the rest of dlls here too, but I don't know if I needed to). Do the modifications recommended in the install.txt for SAPI (not cgi). Now all that has to be done is use the directions for modifying the Apache httpd.conf file (which is easy). Remember, you can only test the scripts by typing 127.0.0.1/scriptname.php (or yourIPnumber/scriptname.php). Otherwise it will not go through the server.
David Acorn Tutors wrote: > Can anyone suggest how to install php on WinXP pro and make it work. Can > anyone help me with what extensions need to be used (and how I would go > about using them). All I want to do is get my browser (IE) to understand php > files. I tried the manual install of PHP and I get errors instead of > webpages. I followed the manual install in the php online help. I noticed > the PHP 4.3.1 file is much larger than the installer file. Do I need both? > > Also, since I tried to manually install and it failed to work with my > browser. Can I safely remove the files by simple deletion? > > Help much appreciated, > > Doug > > -- > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
