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How to Install PHP 5.2 on IIS and Windows XP

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This  tutorial is about installing PHP 5.2 on IIS 5.1 and 6.0 Web Server running on  Windows XP.You can visit the PHP website and download the file php-5.2.4-Win32.zip for the manual installation.

 

1. First step unzip the file in this directory C:\Program Files\PHP.
2. Then open the newly created PHP folder and copy the file php.ini -dist and rename it php.ini jn the same directory.
3. To tell PHP to load particular modules when it starts ,open php.ini with notepad or any text editor ,find extension_dir and change it as extension_dir = "C:\Program Files\PHP\ext" and then find Dynamic Extension,in this section there are all the modules Find out which one you need from the PHP website and to enable it just remove the ";" in front of it.





4. Now you have to tell Windows where PHP is.Click Start,Right-click MyComputer and choose Properties/Advanced tab/Envirement variables A window like below opens,Select Path by clicking on it and click Edit
   




5. Then, Go to the end and type the directory where you installed PHP,in this case is C:\Program Files\PHP and click OK






6. Now you are back on System Variables,click New ,in the Variable Name type PHPRC, in the varable value type the directory where PHP is installed
C:\Program Files\PHP and click OK.This is to tell the System and PHP that php.ini is in the same directory where PHP is, instead that in the system directory.This part is very important,when you finish installing and you run phpinfo in your browser,check in the first part you should be able to read something like this :

Loaded Configuration File

C:\PHP5\php.ini

where C:\PHP5\php.ini is the path we are talking about.
Don't forget to restart your computer after this.




7. Now,you have to do some configuration settings on IIS web server .Go Start / ControlPanel / Administrative Tools / Internet Information service Manager.
   
   
8. On the left pane rightclick on  WebSites and choose properties / HomeDirectory Tab,and click on Configuration like in the figure below.Doing this all the websites in the subdirectories will be effected.If you want to apply only to 1 website on IIS 6.0,open the properties dialog only for that specific website righclicking on it and do the same as for the Wbsites.







9. In the Application Configuration dialog click Add






10. In the Executable type  C:\PHP5\php5isapi.dll , where c:\Php5 is the directory where you have installed PHP and in the Extension type .php and press OK and close all the properties windows.
    
    
    
     
    
11. On IIS 6.0 you also have to add a WEB Service Extension. In the IIS Manager on the left pane click Web Service Extension and in the right click Add a new Web Service Extension. .




 

12. On the next dialog Box in the Extension name Type  PHP ISAPI and in the Required Files type C:\PHP5\php5isapi.dll , where c:\Php5 is the directory where you have installed PHP,and then click Add. Check Set Extension status to Alllowed..




 

13. When you finish the dialog box should be like the one below.Click OK and close all the windows and restart IIS  .




 

14. OGo to Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / services and on the right scroll through the services find IIS and click on it. On the left click on Restart...

Now you ready for the test.,open a new file with notepad and type:<?php phpinfo(); ?> Save it in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot as phpTest.php not as text file but all files or it wont work.pen your web browser and type in the address bar http:/localhost/phptest.php and ,if a page with all the php info appears ,it means that you have php succesfully installed and running.