Oh and just a FYI item here, the Apache installation DOES make registry entries! In my experience though this has not caused any problems as far as re-installations.
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 3:47 PM Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Version of Merlin/PHP that works?? > Might I suggest geocities if you just want a website? > > Apache doesn't have a GUI with a configuration file, that's what the .conf > files are for. The instructions for getting apache to work are here: > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/windows.html They are the only instructions I > followed to get Apache running from scratch. After that, installing PHP > simply involves editing the httpd.conf file in the manner that is described > in the readme that comes with PHP. Might I suggest > [EMAIL PROTECTED] as an alternative? > > Either way. > > 1. forward slashes. > 2. Sounds about right. > 3. Depends how you're stopping. Just closing the command window should do > it > 4. Never developed on Win2K, so wouldn't know about running is as a service. > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/win_service.html provides details though. Note > it only runs as a service on NT/2K/XP(presumably) > 5. search for php.ini, there should only be one. Keep it in c:\windows or > c:\winnt. This is the conf file for php. > Edit your httpd.conf file to point to php.exe for .php files. > 6. 1/2 of uninstall exe's don't remove stuff from the registry anyway, > apache and php don't have registry entries anyway, so I wouldn't worry about > that. > > Ross > > -----Original Message----- > From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 29 January 2002 22:57 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Version of Merlin/PHP that works?? > > > 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] > > > -- > 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] > > -- 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]
