Cannot open php pages on my development machine

[Gerry]

Problem: On my development machine, I cannot open a page with a .php
extension.
- Using FireFox, I get the message: The specified module could not be
found.
- Using IE 6.0, I get the messageL The page cannot be displayed.

What I did:
I first downloaded and ran the Windows Installer for PHP. I then
realized that I should have done a manual installation, so I downloaded
the ZIP file and did the following:
1 - Unzipped the contents to c:\PHP and set its security so Everyone
can read/execute
2 - Copied php.ini-dist to w:\windows\php. ini
3 - Edited php.ini:
set -> doc_root = "c:\inetpub\www root"
set -> extension_dir = "c:\php\ext "
4 - Set the permissions on php.ini so Everyone could read
5 - Added c:\PHP to the system path
6 - Followed the instructions in install.txt entitled "To use the ISAPI
module, do the following:"
7 - Rebooted the computer

What else should I try?

[Bert Melis]

Re: Cannot open php pages on my development machine

Gerry wrote:[color=blue]
> Problem: On my development machine, I cannot open a page with a .php
> extension.
> - Using FireFox, I get the message: The specified module could not be
> found.
> - Using IE 6.0, I get the messageL The page cannot be displayed.
>
> What I did:
> I first downloaded and ran the Windows Installer for PHP. I then
> realized that I should have done a manual installation, so I downloaded
> the ZIP file and did the following:
> 1 - Unzipped the contents to c:\PHP and set its security so Everyone
> can read/execute
> 2 - Copied php.ini-dist to w:\windows\php. ini
> 3 - Edited php.ini:
> set -> doc_root = "c:\inetpub\www root"
> set -> extension_dir = "c:\php\ext "
> 4 - Set the permissions on php.ini so Everyone could read
> 5 - Added c:\PHP to the system path
> 6 - Followed the instructions in install.txt entitled "To use the ISAPI
> module, do the following:"
> 7 - Rebooted the computer
>
> What else should I try?
>[/color]
I'm I missing something here, or do you have a webserver installed, and
is this webserver configured to work with PHP?

[Berimor]

Re: Cannot open php pages on my development machine

On 26 Nov 2005 10:06:16 -0800, Gerry <gerry@pairofdo cs.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Problem: On my development machine, I cannot open a page with a .php
> extension.
> - Using FireFox, I get the message: The specified module could not be
> found.
> - Using IE 6.0, I get the messageL The page cannot be displayed.
>
> What I did:
> I first downloaded and ran the Windows Installer for PHP. I then
> realized that I should have done a manual installation, so I downloaded
> the ZIP file and did the following:
> 1 - Unzipped the contents to c:\PHP and set its security so Everyone
> can read/execute
> 2 - Copied php.ini-dist to w:\windows\php. ini
> 3 - Edited php.ini:
> set -> doc_root = "c:\inetpub\www root"
> set -> extension_dir = "c:\php\ext "
> 4 - Set the permissions on php.ini so Everyone could read
> 5 - Added c:\PHP to the system path
> 6 - Followed the instructions in install.txt entitled "To use the ISAPI
> module, do the following:"
> 7 - Rebooted the computer
>
> What else should I try?
>[/color]

Looks like youre newbie. :)
To run the PHP site you need to set up a web server on your machine first.
Goto http://httpd.apache.org and download latest version for your OS.
It shouldn't work out from first attempt though :) - but mybe you'' manege.
Who's digging - always finding :)






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[Thejo]

Re: Cannot open php pages on my development machine

The simplest way is to use one of the following -

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php

http://www.easyphp.org/