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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:43 am
by boo_lolly
Kieran Huggins wrote:Have you considered trying Uniform Server? It comes with php 5.1.1, but most of the PECL libs are there... and you can drop in the latest php version if you want.

Oh, and no installer, just a zip and a "start.bat".
Kieran, unfortunately i have no choice as to what server to use. (what is a uniform server?). this is for a client of ours, and we've built a server to completely mirror their current setup on location. we copied everything over... our job is to completely overhaul the directory structure for two of their sites. i've been running into errors since we began.... so, i can't change servers, because we'll have to deploy it back on their server once it's done... =\

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:51 am
by Kieran Huggins
http://www.uniformserver.com/ is a no-install WAMP package.

It's like XAMPP, but better IMO. I assume your clients are using a LAMP environment rather than IIS, so this would be a closer match (php 5.1.1, apache2, mysql, phpmyadmin, etc...)

One neat thing about Uniform Server is that you can just stop the service, move it to another machine, start the service and presto: you've moved the webserver. It's great for thumbdrives / laptops / showing clients their sites on their own computers.

I've never had an issue developing in Uniform Server and then transferring to a LAMP environment, I tend to avoid IIS in general as it tends to be a PITA.

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:53 am
by boo_lolly
no, as i've said, our server here is an exact mirror as theirs on location. they run IIS. i WISH they ran LAMP, my job would be so much easier... i have no idea what i'm doing when it comes to windows...

i've found these links from google:
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=25863
http://help.globalscape.com/help/purecm ... eaders.htm

but they don't help...

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:59 pm
by boo_lolly
so, now, i've learned that there must have been something wrong with the IIS configuration. after further review i found that, for some reason, IIS was calling the executable 'php-cgi.exe' instead of 'php.exe'... after i changed that... it now gives me the following error:

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Service Unavailable
however, this is only when i add what's called 'ISAPI Filters'. it is a part of IIS configuration (by right clicking the folder your websites are in using the IIS Manager application). this is what it looks like in the little windblows config window...

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+---------+----------------+--------------+
| STATUS  |   Filter Name  |   Priority   |
+---------+----------------+--------------+
|   \/    | php            | * Unknown *  |
+---------+----------------+--------------+
|   \/    | .php           | * Unknown *  |
+---------+----------------+--------------+
the \/ is in place of a red 'downward arrow'. i assume that if it were working correctly it would be a green upward arrow...

when i remove these 'filters'... the page takes over 2 minutes to load... and then brings me this error:

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CGI Timeout
The specified CGI application exceeded the allowed time for processing. The server has deleted the process.
so, it still doesn't work... and i'm trying effortlessly to figure it out.

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:59 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Two days old, I know, but did this ever get resolved?