nlopess Mon Aug 2 17:33:03 2004 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/install/windows apache1.xml apache2.xml index.xml
manual.xml
/phpdoc/en/faq installation.xml
Log:
re-write of the windows install section. still need some reviewing
#going to sleep now...
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phpdoc/en/install/windows/apache1.xml:1.6
--- phpdoc/en/install/windows/apache1.xml:1.5 Sat Jun 5 16:47:47 2004
+++ phpdoc/en/install/windows/apache1.xml Mon Aug 2 17:33:03 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
<sect1 id="install.windows.apache1">
<title>Apache 1.3.x on Microsft Windows</title>
<para>
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
have <link linkend="install.windows.apache2">instructions and notes
for Apache 2 on a separate page</link>.
</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ You should read the <link linkend="install.windows.manual">manual
+ installation steps</link> first!
+ </para>
+ </note>
<simpara>
There are two ways to set up PHP to work with Apache 1.3.x
@@ -61,6 +67,9 @@
# For PHP 5
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"
+
+# specify the directory where php.ini is
+SetEnv PHPRC C:/php
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
@@ -94,53 +103,39 @@
<sect2 id="install.windows.apache1.module">
<title>Installing as an Apache module</title>
-
<para>
- If you would like to use PHP as a module in Apache, be sure to copy
- <filename>php4ts.dll</filename> to the <filename>windows/system</filename>
- (for Windows 9x/Me), <filename>winnt/system32</filename> (for Windows
- NT/2000) or <filename>windows/system32</filename> (for Windows XP)
- directory, overwriting any older file. Then you should add the following
- lines to your Apache &httpd.conf; file:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- Open &httpd.conf; with your favorite editor and locate the
- <literal>LoadModule</literal> directive and add the following line
- <emphasis>at the end</emphasis> of the list for PHP 4:
- <literal>LoadModule php4_module "c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll"</literal>
- or the following for PHP 5:
- <literal>LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache.dll"</literal>
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- You may find after using the Windows installer for Apache that you need
- to define the <literal>AddModule</literal> directive for
- <filename>mod_php4.c</filename>. This is especially important if the
- <literal>ClearModuleList</literal> directive is defined, which you will
- find by scrolling down a few lines. You will see a list of
- <literal>AddModule</literal> entries, add the following line
- <emphasis>at the end</emphasis> of the list:
- <literal>AddModule mod_php4.c</literal> For PHP 5, instead use
- <literal>AddModule mod_php5.c</literal>
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- Search for a phrase similar to
- <literal># AddType allows you to tweak mime.types</literal>. You will
- see some <literal>AddType</literal> entries, add the following line
- <emphasis>at the end</emphasis> of the list:
- <literal>AddType application/x-httpd-php .php</literal>.
- You can choose any extension you want to parse through PHP here. .php
- is simply the one we suggest. You can even include .html, and .php3
- can be added for backwards compatibility.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ You should add the following lines to your Apache &httpd.conf; file:
</para>
-
+ <para>
+ <example>
+ <title>PHP as an Apache 1.3.x module</title>
+ <programlisting role="apache-conf">
+<![CDATA[
+AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
+
+# For PHP 4
+LoadModule php4_module "c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll"
+
+# For PHP 5
+LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache.dll"
+
+# specify the directory where php.ini is
+SetEnv PHPRC C:/php
+]]>
+ </programlisting>
+ </example>
+ </para>
+ <simpara>
+ You may find after using the Windows installer for Apache that you need
+ to define the <literal>AddModule</literal> directive for
+ <filename>mod_php4.c</filename>. This is especially important if the
+ <literal>ClearModuleList</literal> directive is defined, which you will
+ find by scrolling down a few lines. You will see a list of
+ <literal>AddModule</literal> entries, add the following line
+ <emphasis>at the end</emphasis> of the list: <literal>AddModule
+ mod_php4.c</literal>. For PHP 5, instead use <literal>AddModule
+ mod_php5.c</literal>
+ </simpara>
<simpara>
If you would like to use the source code highlighting feature, you need
to add the following line to your &httpd.conf;:
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diff -u phpdoc/en/install/windows/apache2.xml:1.5
phpdoc/en/install/windows/apache2.xml:1.6
--- phpdoc/en/install/windows/apache2.xml:1.5 Sat Jun 5 16:47:47 2004
+++ phpdoc/en/install/windows/apache2.xml Mon Aug 2 17:33:03 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
<sect1 id="install.windows.apache2">
<title>Apache 2.0.x on Microsoft Windows</title>
<para>
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
have <link linkend="install.windows.apache1">instructions and notes
for Apache 1.3.x users on a separate page</link>.
</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ You should read the <link linkend="install.windows.manual">manual
+ installation steps</link> first!
+ </para>
+ </note>
&warn.apache2.compat;
@@ -69,15 +75,6 @@
<sect2 id="install.windows.apache2.module">
<title>Installing as an Apache module</title>
-
- <para>
- If you would like to use PHP as a module in Apache 2.0.x,
- be sure to move <filename>php4ts.dll</filename> for PHP 4, or
- <filename>php5ts.dll</filename> for PHP 5, to
- <filename>winnt/system32</filename> (for Windows NT/2000) or
- <filename>windows/system32</filename> (for Windows XP),
- overwriting any older file.
- </para>
<para>
You need to insert these two lines to your
Apache &httpd.conf; configuration file to set up the
@@ -93,6 +90,9 @@
# For PHP 5 do something like this:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
+
+# configure the path to php.ini
+PHPIniDir "C:/php"
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
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diff -u phpdoc/en/install/windows/index.xml:1.8 phpdoc/en/install/windows/index.xml:1.9
--- phpdoc/en/install/windows/index.xml:1.8 Fri Jul 30 12:26:08 2004
+++ phpdoc/en/install/windows/index.xml Mon Aug 2 17:33:03 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
<chapter id="install.windows">
<title>Installation on Windows systems</title>
<para>
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
<para>
There are two main ways to install PHP for Windows: either
<link linkend="install.windows.manual">manually</link>
- or by using the <link linkend="install.windows.installer">installer</link>
- installer.
+ or by using the <link linkend="install.windows.installer">installer</link>.
</para>
<para>
If you have Microsoft Visual Studio, you can also
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diff -u phpdoc/en/install/windows/manual.xml:1.8
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--- phpdoc/en/install/windows/manual.xml:1.8 Sun Jun 13 12:17:48 2004
+++ phpdoc/en/install/windows/manual.xml Mon Aug 2 17:33:03 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
<sect1 id="install.windows.manual">
<title>Manual Installation Steps</title>
@@ -41,25 +41,25 @@
<para>
The following steps should be performed on all installations before any
- server specific instructions.
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Extract the distribution file to a directory of your choice,
- <filename class="directory">c:\</filename> is a good start. The zip
- package expands to a foldername like <filename>php-4.3.7-Win32</filename>
- which is assumed to be renamed to <filename>php</filename>. For the sake
- of convenience and to be version independent, the following steps assume
- your extracted version of PHP lives in <filename
- class="directory">C:\php</filename>. You might choose any other location but
- you probably do not want to use a path in which spaces are included. Using
- a folder, like <filename class="directory">C:\Program Files\PHP</filename>
- is not a good idea. Some web servers will crash if you do. The structure of
- your directory you extracted the zip file will look like:
- </para>
- <example>
- <title>PHP 4 package structure</title>
- <programlisting>
+ server specific instructions:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Extract the distribution file to a directory of your choice, <filename
+ class="directory">c:\</filename> is a good start. The zip package
+ expands to a foldername like <filename>php-4.3.7-Win32</filename> which
+ is assumed to be renamed to <filename>php</filename>. For the sake of
+ convenience and to be version independent, the following steps assume
+ your extracted version of PHP lives in <filename
+ class="directory">C:\php</filename>. You might choose any other location
+ but you probably do not want to use a path in which spaces are included.
+ Using a folder, like <filename class="directory">C:\Program
+ Files\PHP</filename> is not a good idea. Some web servers will crash if
+ you do. The structure of your directory you extracted the zip file will
+ look like:
+ </para>
+ <example>
+ <title>PHP 4 package structure</title>
+ <programlisting>
<![CDATA[
c:\php
@@ -120,15 +120,15 @@
|-...
]]>
- </programlisting>
- </example>
- <para>
- In case you have downloaded and extracted PHP 5, it has a somewhat
- different folder structure:
- </para>
- <example>
- <title>PHP 5 package structure</title>
- <programlisting>
+ </programlisting>
+ </example>
+ <para>
+ In case you have downloaded and extracted PHP 5, it has a somewhat
+ different folder structure:
+ </para>
+ <example>
+ <title>PHP 5 package structure</title>
+ <programlisting>
<![CDATA[
c:\php
@@ -185,153 +185,155 @@
|-...
]]>
- </programlisting>
- </example>
-
- <para>
- Note that PHP 4 and PHP 5 for Windows both have a CGI executable, a CLI
- executable and server modules, but they are located in different folders.
- While PHP 4 packages have the server modules in the sapi folder, these
- are included right in the PHP folder in PHP 5 distributions. The supporting
- DLLs for PHP extensions are also in the main PHP 5 folder. Watch out for
- the different locations of the CGI and CLI executables too!
- </para>
- <para>
- Here is a list of server modules shipped with PHP 4 and PHP 5.
- <simplelist>
- <member>
- <filename>sapi/php4activescript.dll (php5activescript.dll)</filename> -
- <link linkend="install.windows.activescript">ActiveScript engine</link>,
- allowing you to embed PHP in your Windows applications.
- </member>
- <member>
- <filename>sapi/php4apache.dll (php5apache.dll)</filename> - Apache 1.3.x
module.
- </member>
- <member>
- <filename>sapi/php4apache2.dll (php5apache2.dll)</filename> - Apache 2.0.x
module.
- </member>
- <member>
- <filename>sapi/php4isapi.dll (php5isapi.dll)</filename> - ISAPI Module
- for ISAPI compliant webservers like IIS 4.0/PWS 4.0 or newer.
- </member>
- <member>
- <filename>sapi/php4nsapi.dll (php5nsapi.dll)</filename> -
Sun/iPlanet/Netscape
- server module.
- </member>
- <member>
- <filename>sapi/php4pi3web.dll (no equivalent in PHP5)</filename> - Pi3Web
server module.
- </member>
- <!-- TODO: servlets? -->
- </simplelist>
- </para>
- <para>
- Server modules provide significantly better performance and some more
- functionality compared to the CGI binary. The CLI version is designed
- to let you use PHP for command line scripting. More information about
- CLI is available in the chapter about <link
- linkend="features.commandline">using PHP from the command line</link>.
- </para>
- <warning>
- <simpara>
- The SAPI modules have been significantly improved in the 4.1 release,
- however, you may find that you encounter possible server errors or
- other server modules such as ASP failing, in older systems.
- </simpara>
- </warning>
-
- <para>
- The CGI and CLI binaries, and the web server modules all require the
- <filename>php4ts.dll</filename> (<filename>php5ts.dll</filename>) file
- to be available to them. You have to make sure, that this file can be
- found by your PHP installation. The search order for this DLL is as
- follows:
- <simplelist>
- <member>
- The same directory from where <filename>php.exe</filename> is
- called. In case you use a SAPI module the same directory from
- where your webserver loads the dll
- (e.g. <filename>php4apache.dll</filename>).
- </member>
- <member>
- Any directory in your Windows <varname>PATH</varname> environment
- variable.
- </member>
- </simplelist>
- </para>
-
-<!--
- WARNING: the instructions presented below still need serious revision!!!!!!!
- Refer to http://lxr.php.net/source/php-src/main/php_ini.c#262 for more information
- on how the ini file is located on the system. This needs to be integrated to the
- ini part too!
- -->
-
- <para>
- The best bet is to make <filename>php4ts.dll</filename> available,
- regardless which interface (CGI or SAPI module) you plan to use. To do so,
- you have to copy this dll to a directory on your Windows path. The best
- place is your Windows system directory:
- <simplelist>
- <member>
- <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\System</filename> for Windows 9x/ME
- </member>
- <member>
- <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT\System32</filename> for Windows
NT/2000 or
- <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT40\System32</filename> for NT/2000
server
- </member>
- <member>
- <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\System32</filename> for Windows XP
- </member>
- </simplelist>
- If you plan to use a SAPI module from <filename
class="directory">c:\php\sapi</filename>
- and do not like to copy dlls to your Windows system directory, you have
- the alternative choice to simply copy <filename>php4ts.dll</filename> to
- the sapi folder of your extracted zip package,
- <filename class="directory">c:\php\sapi</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The next step is to set up a valid configuration file for PHP, &php.ini;.
- There are two ini files distributed in the zip file,
- <filename>php.ini-dist</filename> and
- <filename>php.ini-recommended</filename>. We advise you to use
- <filename>php.ini-recommended</filename>, because we optimized the
- default settings in this file for performance, and security. Read this
- well documented file carefully and in addition study the
- <link linkend="configuration.file">ini settings</link> and set every
- element manually yourself. If you would like to achieve the best
- security, then this is the way for you, although PHP works fine with
- these default ini files. Copy your chosen ini-file to a directory where
- PHP is able to find and rename it to &php.ini;. By default PHP searches
- &php.ini; in your Windows directory:
- <simplelist>
- <member>
- On Windows 9x/ME/XP copy your chosen ini file to your
- <filename> %WINDIR%</filename>, which is typically
- <filename class="directory">C:\Windows</filename>.
- </member>
- <member>
- On Windows NT/2000 copy your chosen ini file to your
- <filename>%WINDIR%</filename> or <filename>%SYSTEMROOT%</filename>,
- which is typically <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT</filename> or
- <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT40</filename> for NT/2000 servers.
- </member>
- </simplelist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- If you're using NTFS on Windows NT, 2000 or XP, make sure that
- the user running the webserver has read permissions to your
- &php.ini; (e.g. make it readable by Everyone).
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
+ </programlisting>
+ </example>
+ <para>
+ Note that PHP 4 and PHP 5 for Windows both have a CGI executable, a CLI
+ executable and server modules, but they are located in different folders.
+ While PHP 4 packages have the server modules in the sapi folder, these
+ are included right in the PHP folder in PHP 5 distributions. The
+ supporting DLLs for PHP extensions are also in the main PHP 5 folder.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ In PHP 4, you should move all files located in the <filename
+ class="directory">dll</filename> folder to the main folder.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ <para>
+ Here is a list of server modules shipped with PHP 4 and PHP 5:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <filename>sapi/php4activescript.dll (php5activescript.dll)</filename>
+ - <link linkend="install.windows.activescript">ActiveScript
+ engine</link>, allowing you to embed PHP in your Windows
+ applications.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <filename>sapi/php4apache.dll (php5apache.dll)</filename> - Apache 1.3.x
module.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <filename>sapi/php4apache2.dll (php5apache2.dll)</filename> - Apache 2.0.x
module.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <filename>sapi/php4isapi.dll (php5isapi.dll)</filename> - ISAPI Module
+ for ISAPI compliant webservers like IIS 4.0/PWS 4.0 or newer.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <filename>sapi/php4nsapi.dll (php5nsapi.dll)</filename> - Sun/iPlanet/Netscape
+ server module.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <filename>sapi/php4pi3web.dll (no equivalent in PHP 5)</filename> - Pi3Web
server module.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <!-- TODO: servlets? -->
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Server modules provide significantly better performance and some more
+ functionality compared to the CGI binary. The CLI version is designed to
+ let you use PHP for command line scripting. More information about CLI is
+ available in the chapter about <link linkend="features.commandline">using
+ PHP from the command line</link>.
+ </para>
+ <warning>
+ <simpara>
+ The SAPI modules have been significantly improved in the 4.1 release,
+ however, you may find that you encounter possible server errors or other
+ server modules such as ASP failing, in older systems.
+ </simpara>
+ </warning>
+ <para>
+ The CGI and CLI binaries, and the web server modules all require the
+ <filename>php4ts.dll</filename> (<filename>php5ts.dll</filename>) file to
+ be available to them. You have to make sure, that this file can be found
+ by your PHP installation. The search order for this DLL is as follows:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The same directory from where <filename>php.exe</filename> is called.
+ In case you use a SAPI module, the webserver's directory (e.g.
+ <filename>C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\bin</filename>).
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Any directory in your Windows <varname>PATH</varname> environment
+ variable.
+ </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
- The following steps are optional.
- <itemizedlist>
+ To make <filename>php4ts.dll</filename> / <filename>php5ts.dll</filename>
+ available you have three options: copy the file to the Windows system
+ directory, copy the file to the webserver's directory, or add your PHP
+ directory, <filename class="directory">C:\php</filename> to the
+ <varname>PATH</varname>. For better maintenance, we advise you to follow
+ the last option, add <filename class="directory">C:\php</filename> to the
+ <varname>PATH</varname>, because it will be simpler to upgrade PHP in the
+ future. Read more about how to add your PHP directory to
+ <varname>PATH</varname> in the <link
+ linkend="faq.installation.addtopath">corresponding FAQ entry</link>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The next step is to set up a valid configuration file for PHP, &php.ini;.
+ There are two ini files distributed in the zip file,
+ <filename>php.ini-dist</filename> and
+ <filename>php.ini-recommended</filename>. We advise you to use
+ <filename>php.ini-recommended</filename>, because we optimized the
+ default settings in this file for performance, and security. Read this
+ well documented file carefully and in addition study the <link
+ linkend="configuration.file">ini settings</link> and set every element
+ manually yourself. If you would like to achieve the best security, then
+ this is the way for you, although PHP works fine with these default ini
+ files. Copy your chosen ini-file to a directory where PHP is able to find
+ and rename it to &php.ini;. PHP searches for &php.ini; in the following
+ places (in order):
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ PHPIniDir directive (Apache 2 module only)
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <literal>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PHP\IniFilePath</literal>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <varname>PHPRC</varname> enviroment variable
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Directory of PHP (for CLI) or the webserver's dir (for SAPI modules)
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Windows directory (<filename class="directory">C:\windows</filename> or
+ <filename class="directory">C:\winnt</filename>)
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you are running Apache 2, the simpler option is to use the PHPIniDir
+ directive (read the <link linkend="install.windows.apache2">installation
+ on Apache 2</link> page), otherwise your best option is to edit the
+ registry (but be carefull!). On Apache 1, you may want to use the SetEnv
+ directive to set the <varname>PHPRC</varname> variable (read more at
+ the <link linkend="install.windows.apache1">installation on Apache 1</link>
+ page.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To edit the registry (at your own risk) go to the start menu and choose
+ Run. There type 'regedit' (without quotes) and press OK. Navigate through
+ the registry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE, click with the right button
+ of the mouse in SOFTWARE, and choose New->Key. Enter PHP as name. On
+ the right pane, click with the right button of the mouse and choose
+ New->String Value. Enter <literal>IniFilePath</literal> as value and
+ double-click on it. Then enter the directory where the &php.ini; file is
+ located, press OK and exit from the Registry Editor.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <simpara>
+ If you're using NTFS on Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003, make sure that the
+ user running the webserver has read permissions to your &php.ini; (e.g.
+ make it readable by Everyone).
+ </simpara>
+ </note>
+ <para>
+ The following steps are optional:
+ <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Edit your new &php.ini; file.
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diff -u phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml:1.30 phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml:1.31
--- phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml:1.30 Wed Jun 16 09:09:37 2004
+++ phpdoc/en/faq/installation.xml Mon Aug 2 17:33:03 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.30 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.31 $ -->
<chapter id="faq.installation">
<title>Installation</title>
<titleabbrev>Installation</titleabbrev>
@@ -559,6 +559,68 @@
then be sure to restart your web server after making changes to
&php.ini;
</para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry id="faq.installation.addtopath">
+ <question>
+ <para>
+ How do I add my PHP directory to the <varname>PATH</varname>
+ on Windows?
+ </para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ On Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Got to Control Panel and open the System icon (Start -> Settings
+ -> Control Panel -> System, or just Start -> Control Panel
+ -> System for Windows XP/2003)
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Go to the Advanced tab
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Click on the 'Environment Variables' button
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Look into the 'System Variables' pane
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Find the Path entry (you may need to scroll to find it)
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Double click on the Path entry
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Enter your PHP directory ant the end, including ';' before (e.g.
+ <literal>;C:\php</literal>)
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Press OK and restart your computer
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ On Windows 98/Me you need to edit the <filename>autoexec.bat</filename>
+ file:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Open the Notepad (Start->Run and enter notepad)
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Open the <filename>C:\autoexec.bat</filename> file
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Locate the line with PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;..... and add:
+ <literal>;C:\php</literal> to the end of the line
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Save the file and restart your computer
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
