PHP Local Host Setup for IIS

[MITPRO]

HEy guys,

I setup php on local host. i transferred my entire website to the Inetpub/

http://wwwroot

folder. I launched the localhost and no response to my website. My index page is in there. Is there some configuration i need to get my pages to show like my website? Please help.

 

[jpadie]

sounds like you have not set php up properly with your IIS installation. the instructions in the php distro are excellent. i recommend following them.

 

[MITPRO]

I used the PHP installer.

 

[jpadie]

i don't think that means that you have set up php correctly or, if you'd rather, that php is set up correctly.

the instructions are in the distro.

 

[a6m1n0]

I would recommend removing the installed version and download the manual install. You'll find more support available for a manaual installation, and the process will teach you the "ins-n-outs" of PHP on Windows.

There are tons of tuts around via google, but here is one particularly good tutorial.

-a6m1n0

Curiosity only kills cats.

 

[MITPRO]

THis would help if i were installing on Server 2003, but i am placing this on a XP SP2 computer. Will the same manual installation work. I'm also thinking about creating a temp folder on my webserver and testing from the temp before loading to the actual site. I use to do this when i was programming Coldfusion. I am just trying to save the trouble copying the entire website to a temp folder to run as a test. It may be that i need to change the path in my index.php page.

 

[jpadie]

the same process and instructions will work on IIS 5, 6 and 7 (although the terminology for IIS 7 is a bit different and the snap-in has changed)

 

[a6m1n0]

jpadie is correct...identical procedure for manual setup, with the only exception (that I can think of) is you can skip the step on Windows 2000 and XP for "Adding allowed extension" to IIS.

-a6m1n0

Curiosity only kills cats.