List of steps involved in getting PHP5 to work with a pre-installed Apache server on Windows.
- Download the file “php-5.3.3-Win32-VC6-x86.zip” from “http://windows.php.net/download/”
- Extract contents of this file to C:/PHP/
- Copy C:/PHP/php.ini.development to a new file php.ini in the same folder
- In the httpd.conf file of Apache, add the following lines after the LoadModule block.
[sourcecode language=”bash”]
LoadModule php5_module "C:/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php<
# configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir "C:/PHP"
[/sourcecode] - Restart Apache.
Thats it ! PHP pages should now be processed and displayed by apache. To test, create a file PHPTest.php in folder “[Apache-root]/htdocs/” with following content.
[sourcecode language=”php”]
<?php
phpinfo();
?>;
[/sourcecode]
In the browser open the URL “http://localhost/PHPTest.php”. This should now display the PHP engine details.
Now, as required the document root, extensions folder, available extension etc for PHP can be configured in the file C:/PHP/php.ini.
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