From: mikerob818 at cs dot com
Operating system: Windows 98
PHP version: Irrelevant
PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem
Bug description: PHP Manual: Errors, Inconsistencies, and Omissions
Description:
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I think I have gone through the PHP manual thoroughly but still can't get
PHP5 to work with Personal Web Server 4. I have divided this bug report
into categories and would appreciate a response.
Thanks,
Robin
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Errors
Microsoft IIS / PWS
Windows and PWS 4
PWS 4 does not support ISAPI, only PHP CGI should be used.
· In the PWS Manager, right click on a given directory you want to add PHP
support to, and select Properties. Check the 'Execute' checkbox, and
confirm.
The instruction should be:
In Personal Web Manager:
Click View> Advanced
Click Edit Properties
Check Execute checkbox
Click OK
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Inconsistencies
Installation of extensions on Windows
The default location PHP searches for extensions is c:\php4\extensions in
PHP 4 and c:\php5 in PHP 5. To change this setting to reflect your setup
of PHP edit your php.ini file:
· You will need to change the extension_dir setting to point to the
directory where your extensions lives, or where you have placed your
php_*.dll files. Please do not forget the last backslash. For example:
extension_dir = c:/php/extensions/
Microsoft IIS / PWS
General considerations for all installations of PHP with IIS
· Be sure the extension_dir and doc_root PHP directives are appropriately
set in php.ini. These directives depend on the system that PHP is being
installed on. In PHP 4, the extension_dir is extensions while with PHP 5
it's ext. So, an example PHP 5 extensions_dir value is "c:\php\ext" and an
example IIS doc_root value is "c:\Inetpub\wwwroot".
MySql Functions
Installation on Windows Systems
As with enabling any PHP extension (such as php_mysql.dll), the PHP
directive extension_dir should be set to the directory where the PHP
extensions are located. An example extension_dir value for PHP 5 is
c:\php\ext
The last 2 sets of instructions for extension_dir are different from the
first set of instructions. (In fact, all 3 are different in that the last
instruction doesn't enclose c:\php\ext in quotes.) In addition, the
default location for PHP5 extensions is stated as c:\PHP5 rather than
c:\php\ext and there is no explanation for it.
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Omissions
Frequently Asked Questions
5.11
Windows: I've followed all the instructions, but still can't get PHP and
IIS to work together!
Make sure any user who needs to run a PHP script has the rights to run
php.exe! IIS uses an anonymous user which is added at the time IIS is
installed. This user needs rights to php.exe. Also, any authenticated user
will also need rights to execute php.exe. And for IIS4 you need to tell it
that PHP is a script engine. Also, you will want to read this faq.
This response doesn't tell the reader how to resolve the problem. For
example, how do you tell IIS4 that PHP is a script engine?
Specifically, I am encountering an HTTP 404 File not Found condition
I am using Personal Web Server 4 and Windows 98. I haven't seen anything
in the documentation that would help me resolve this problem.
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34083&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=trysnapshot4
Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=trysnapshot50
Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=trysnapshot51
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34083&r=mysqlcfg
