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installation problems under Win2000

Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 12:51 am
by permutations
I'm trying to install PHP on a Windows 2000 system. I've tried everything I can think of, but when I try to load a php script, it's not interpreted. With just <?php phpinfo(); ?>, I get a blank screen. I've tried using the installer, checking everything manually, moving the php directory to the same drive as the server, and I can't think of anything else to try. I'm running PWS 5. Can anyone help me?

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 2:41 am
by volka
just download the zip-package from http://www.php.net and follow install.txt by the letter ;)

I figured it out...

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 3:02 am
by permutations
There was not enough information in that package for me--too many major gaps--but through trial and error I figured it out. I started to compose a note with the missing information for others like me, but I'd already lost so much time trying to get it going that I couldn't bear to spend another hour documenting my pain.

PHP is installed now and working, but the error levels are set wrong and I get constant parsing errors on scripts that work fine on my ISP's server. It complains that I don't define variables before using them. Other stuff. Any idea what that's about? I didn't change any error level defaults.

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 3:35 am
by volka
It complains that I don't define variables before using them
right, but those are only notices. The script will continue.
They are e.g. useful to find typos in var.names....

check the values of error_reporting and display_errors in your php.ini.
take a look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.e ... orting.php and http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.errorf ... lay-errors