I can't even install it on Win2K, this is BS
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I can't even install it on Win2K, this is BS
Hi Guys, I have spent the last ten hours trying to install PHP on my Win2K Pro machine and no matter what I do it does not work. The thing is, I installed it in about ten minutes following the manual installation instructions before and it worked fine. But not now.
Now I am not an idiot, I know C++ and Windows like the back of my hand so this is getting me very frustrated. So frustrated in fact that I have just been getting price quotes for a new Win2K Server host so I can go back to ASP.
I tried everything, I used forward and back slashes in the php.ini file, I copied all the .dll files to my winnt/system32 directory, I tried it all to no avail.
WTF am I doing wrong ? Do I need to run a Unix machine at my house to make this work ? I guess I can write the code, FTP it to my server to test, and then make the code modifications; with that method I think I can make one page work in about six days. This is BS.
Please Help.
Now I am not an idiot, I know C++ and Windows like the back of my hand so this is getting me very frustrated. So frustrated in fact that I have just been getting price quotes for a new Win2K Server host so I can go back to ASP.
I tried everything, I used forward and back slashes in the php.ini file, I copied all the .dll files to my winnt/system32 directory, I tried it all to no avail.
WTF am I doing wrong ? Do I need to run a Unix machine at my house to make this work ? I guess I can write the code, FTP it to my server to test, and then make the code modifications; with that method I think I can make one page work in about six days. This is BS.
Please Help.
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Hi, no, I'm not running Apache. I use Win2K Professional at home to test my code before I upload it to a live server.
I even installed IIS because I thought I needed it for PHP, I really didn't want IIS on my machine since I thought I would not be using ASP anymore. I just wanted to install the stable CGI php.exe version so I can test some simple code but there were no instructions on that, I couldn't even figure out where the php.exe file went, and I don't know much about using CGI (isn't that really old, like PERL ?)
I guess I can use the InstallShield version but I know it will mess my computer up and I'll have to format and re-install Win2K again in a week. I just did a fresh Win2K Pro install last night and today, I guess I can do it every week since my host doesn't use Win2K Servers and I'm forced to use PHP.
All I can say is that this sucks. If I don't get this working within a few days I'll just shut my site down, that's how frustrated I am.
Thanks for the help.
I even installed IIS because I thought I needed it for PHP, I really didn't want IIS on my machine since I thought I would not be using ASP anymore. I just wanted to install the stable CGI php.exe version so I can test some simple code but there were no instructions on that, I couldn't even figure out where the php.exe file went, and I don't know much about using CGI (isn't that really old, like PERL ?)
I guess I can use the InstallShield version but I know it will mess my computer up and I'll have to format and re-install Win2K again in a week. I just did a fresh Win2K Pro install last night and today, I guess I can do it every week since my host doesn't use Win2K Servers and I'm forced to use PHP.
All I can say is that this sucks. If I don't get this working within a few days I'll just shut my site down, that's how frustrated I am.
Thanks for the help.
hmmm...just tried it and following the install.txt to the letter I had no problem. Now there is an IIS-cgi-php and an apache-module-php on my w2k 
Have you read the part starting with
When I first tried php I took the windows installer version and it worked, too. click-click-click, ready
If you still have trouble with installing php you might want to take a look at complete webserver/mysql/php-distributions like http://sourceforge.net/projects/foxserv/
Have you read the part starting with
and the "Windows NT/2000/XP and IIS 4 or newer and PWS 4 on NT Workstation or W2K non server editions"-section carefully?The following steps should be performed on all installations
before the server specific instructions.
When I first tried php I took the windows installer version and it worked, too. click-click-click, ready
If you still have trouble with installing php you might want to take a look at complete webserver/mysql/php-distributions like http://sourceforge.net/projects/foxserv/
Hi, I really just want to install the CGI stable version manually. Where do I put the php.exe file ? This is driving me crazy because I installed the ISAPI version in the past, it took me five minutes just following the instructions. But now I can't get it to work, it's the same computer and OS. I would think installing the CGI version would be easier. I tried both versions to no avail.
Also, if I use the InstallShield version do I get the option of CGI or ISAPI installations ?
Please help guys. Sorry if I seemed a little crazy in my other posts. Thanks.
Also, if I use the InstallShield version do I get the option of CGI or ISAPI installations ?
Please help guys. Sorry if I seemed a little crazy in my other posts. Thanks.
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