Is there a version of Merlin and/or php that works out of the box? I have spent days -- days and more days -- just trying to get the infrastructure of a single programming language to work. with no success. after three days I finally got Merlin to serve a localhost file. the docs did not adequately explain how to install this stuff on a w2k IIS system. Two more days, and I finally got test.php to parse (although a simple include statement does not work, Apache cannot find the icons folder, etc., etc., etc..) errors -- more errors, configuration files with conflicting instructions and no mention of even which version of php the file is for.
Examples: 1) httpd.conf says never use backslashes, always use forward slashes in paths on windows machines. The the Merlin setup installs the file with backslashes in it. So which one is right? 2) Start Apache - opens command window that does not close or have any configuration gui. 3) Stop Apache - works --- sometimes. 4) Install Apache as service - this should execute and exit, leaving a server process running in the background. It does not. It opens another command window and just sits there. 5) When I started trying to use PHP, I downloaded the binaries from php.net and installed them. Could not get squat out of it. So some kind person tells me about Apache Merlin. So I download this huge motha and install that too. Now I have two different versions of php on my machine, and have no idea which one is actually being used. or which config files actually --do-- something. (php.exe has no version resource!!!) 6) So in total frustration I tried to remove Merlin from my system. Of course, that did not work either. So I just deleted the whole directory and now I'm stuck with who knows what in the registry. I don't mean to be bitchy, but for the love of God!! I do not have time for this! I am trying to create a working website, not become php-apache-guru-man. Does any one have any suggestions for making the stuff work, I mean just ____ work? -- Thanks, Thomas Kirby RichmondArtists.com P.O. Box 1261 Glen Allen, VA 23060 804-262-6429 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.richmondartists.com -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
