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Install Php on Apache 2.2.8 Webserver running on Vista
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On this second part we''ll try to get PHP engine running on
Apache installed on a machine with Windows Vista 32 bit. If you haven't
downloaded
PHP 5.2.6 zip package you can get it here
http://www.php.net/downloads.php
Please make sure to get the versions mentioned above, so the final
result will be positive 100%.
Steps to install PHP
Log on as
Administrator ,and turn off User Account Control if you got it
running again after you installed Apache if you dom't know hwo click
here How to turn UAC off
Go where you
saved PHP and extract the .zip file to the directory C:\php5.
Open up this folder , make a copy of PHP.ini-recommended and
rename it PHP.ini.Open this file with Notepad or any text
editor,find (see Fig 1)and search for
doc_root =and change it
to doc_root = C:\WebServer\Apache2.2\htdocs
(no quotes isn't a mismatch )(see Fig 2) wich is the directory of your
webpages on the webserver.
Fig 1
Fig 2
In the same way, find
extension_dir = "./" and change it
to extension_dir = "C:\php5\ext"
(see Fig 3)Save the php.ini file and close it
Fig 3
Right Click on Start > Computer then
choose properties > Advanced System
Setting and Environment Variables
Then,find the System Variable Path select it by clicking on it
and press edit
Fig 4
On the new window (see Fig 4)
go to the end of the string and add exactly this
;C:\php5;C:\php5\ext. Click OK and Ok again to close any open
window.Reboot your computer.