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Author windows xp sp2 installation problems
Pat Moore

2005-03-08, 3:58 pm

Hello,

I can't get PHP5.0 to work with apache 1.3.29 on my
windows xp sp2 IBM thinkpad. I get a blank screen
when I point my browser to a file containing the
following code:

<html> <?php phpInfo(); ?> </html>

but I get the code printed (not the information) when
I just have:

<?php phpInfo(); ?>

I followed the install instructions to the letter.
After downloading and extracting the zip file to the
c:\PHP folder, I changed the name of the
php.ini-recommended file to php.ini, edited it and put
it in the c:\windows folder. The edits to the file
were as follows:

extension_dir = c:\PHP
document_root = c:\Apache\htdocs

Note: my apache.exe file is in the c:\Apache folder.

I tried putting the php.ini file in the
c:\windows\system, c:\windows\system32, c:\php and the
c:\apache folders as well with no luck (each time
stopping and starting apache before trying to read the
phpinfo file).

I also edited the httpd.conf file in apache as
directed. In particular, I added the following lines
in the appropriate places in the file:

LoadModule php5_module c:/PHP/php5apache.dll
AddModule mod_php5.c
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Of course, I stopped and started apache after making
the httpd.conf edits. I also tried putting double
quotes around c:/php/php5apache.dll. No luck.

Any thoughts (other than switch to Linux)?

Thanks,

Pat Moore
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