I have not tried to get this to run on a 98 system. but I found that the install.txt file was not that helpful and I found more information about the install here.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.installation.php I am doing the same thing as you I develop off line on a XP machine running IIS and the server is Apache and Linux. I had a difficult time trying to get the PHP4 installed and found some answers here that were not in the install.txt file. When I was getting my server 500 errors there were two things wrong. 1. I was not pointing to the correct directory of installation in the php.ini file. - try going to a dos prompt and go to the directory that you installed PHP to then type this php.exe -I if you get a whole bunch of html codes, then PHP is installed correctly... 2. I did not have a aspi filter set in the IIS menu. I followed the instructions on the link above it worked great... Please let me know if there is anything else that I can help you with... Robin > Thanks Robin. > I am aware of that. > But why should I upgrade to WINNT? > I would prefer to use a Linux box, but unfortunately a lot of my programs don't > run on that. > And what I need to do is to test developed sites offline. > > Ciau > Jacques > > Robin Bouwhuis wrote: > > > this is from the documentation included with the PHP4 installation zip file. > > > > ' In particular, with the ISAPI module, you are likely to encounter serious > > reliability problems especially on platforms older than W2K - you may > > witness a lot of server 500 errors and suffer from other server modules > > such as ASP also failing. You have been warned!' > > > > Robin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jacques Steyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 1:52 PM > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Server not seeing PHP (Win32) > > > > > Hi > > > What could be the problem when a server does not seem to pick up PHP? > > > This is for Win32 (=Win98), set up on a local box. > > > > > > I have read the PHP manual, I have looked at discussions, I have tried > > > both Apache and MS PWS, I have tried different PHP4 versions, I have > > > made all the required changes to php.ini, I have searched several PHP > > > web sites, I have installed with a nifty tool I found at > > > http://php.weblogs.com/easywindows, I bought a couple of books (Welling > > > and Thomson, Schwendiman, Greenspan and Bulger) and followed their > > > advice... > > > but there still is a problem. > > > > > > The servers (Apache and MS PWS) run fine as they serve HTML documents > > > properly. They do not parse the embedded PHP code. > > > And with *.php files this happens: > > > Before installing with the mentioned tool, the error message complained > > > about not being able to access PHP due to CGI problem. > > > After using the tool, I get an HTTP 500 error message when trying to > > > read *.php files. > > > > > > I want to sit in a corner an eat a worm.... > > > Please help. > > > Thanks > > > > > > Jacques > > > ___________________ > > > Dr Jacques Steyn > > > > > > +27 (0)11 478-1259 > > > http://www.knowsystems.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > -- > ___________________ > Dr Jacques Steyn > > +27 (0)11 478-1259 > http://www.knowsystems.com > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php