{"id":677,"date":"2012-05-02T21:04:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T21:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=677"},"modified":"2012-05-02T21:04:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T21:04:39","slug":"how-do-i-install-php-on-a-windows-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=677","title":{"rendered":"How do I install PHP on a Windows Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following article explains how to install PHP on a Windows Server running IIS 6. The process involves downloading the latest version of PHP directly to your Windows server and then installing the software. PHP is a free product.<\/p>\n

To install PHP, please follow these steps:<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Log into your server through Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Connection.<\/li>\n
  2. Open a Web browser and load http:\/\/www.php.net\/downloads.php<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Download the Windows PHP5.x ZIP package<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. Create a new directory, c:\\PHP<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  5. Unzip the file you downloaded above into c:\\PHP.<\/li>\n
  6. Create a new directory, C:\\PHP\\phpsessions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  7. Right click the C:\\PHP<\/strong> folder and select Properties<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  8. On the Security Tab<\/strong> click Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  9. Type IUSR_COMPUTERNAME<\/em><\/strong> (where computer name is the name of your computer) in the text area, click Check Names<\/strong> and then click OK<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
  10. Select the IUSR_COMPUTERNAME<\/em><\/strong> user, check the Full Control<\/strong> box and click OK<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
  11. Open C:\\PHP\\php.ini-dist<\/strong> in Notepad<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  12. Within the file, make the following replacements:\n
      \n
    • Replace ;extension=php_mysql.dll<\/strong> with extension=php_mysql.dll<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Replace ;session.save_path = “\/tmp”<\/strong> with session.save_path = “C:\\PHP\\phpsessions”<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Replace session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440<\/strong> with session.gc_maxlifetime = 43200<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Replace SMTP = localhost<\/strong> with SMTP = smtp.yourdomain.com<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Replace ;sendmail_from = me@example.com<\/strong> with sendmail_from = user@yourdomain.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Save the file as C:\\windows\\php.ini<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • Copy C:\\PHP\\libmysql.dll<\/strong> and C:\\PHP\\ext\\php_mysql.dll<\/strong> to the C:\\windows\\system32<\/strong> folder.<\/li>\n
    • Open IIS<\/strong> located under Control Panel<\/strong> -> Administrative Tools<\/strong> -> Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • Right click Web Service Extensions<\/strong> and select Add a new Web service extension<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
    • Enter php<\/strong> as the Extension Name<\/strong>, check Set extension status to Allowed<\/strong> and Click Add<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
    • Enter the path to C:\\PHP\\php5isapi.dll<\/strong> and click OK<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
    • Right click Web Sites<\/strong> and select Properties<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
    • On the ISAPI Filters<\/strong> tab, click Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • Enter php<\/strong> as the Filter Name<\/strong>, enter C:\\PHP\\php5isapi.dll<\/strong> as the Executable<\/strong> and click OK<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
    • On the Home Directory<\/strong> tab, click Configuration<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • Click Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • Enter C:\\PHP\\php5isapi.dll<\/strong> as the Executable<\/strong>, enter php<\/strong> as the Extension<\/strong> and click OK<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
    • On the Documents<\/strong> Tab, click Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • Enter index.php<\/strong> and click OK<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
    • A popup box may appear asking if you want to apply the settings to certain websites. Choose specific websites to enable PHP on or Select All and click OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • Right click your Computer Name<\/strong>, expand All Tasks<\/strong> and click Restart IIS<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n
    • Choose Restart IIS<\/strong> from the dropdown menu and click OK<\/strong>. \"\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      To test your installation of PHP, please follow these steps:<\/h2>\n
        \n
      1. Open up Notepad and create a new document.<\/li>\n
      2. Add the following text into your new document: <?php phpinfo(); ?><\/strong><\/li>\n
      3. Save this new file to your website root as phpinfo.php<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      4. In a Web browser, navigate to phpinfo.php<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        You should have an output screen of all of the information regarding PHP for your server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        The following article explains how to install PHP on a Windows Server running IIS 6. The process involves downloading the latest version of PHP directly to your Windows server and then installing the software. PHP is a free product. To install PHP, please follow these steps: Log into your server through Terminal Services or Remote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iis-internet-information-services","category-general-2003-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}