[Unknown]'s Guide to Installing PHP and MySQL.

[Celtland]

I did not take out the ; and I am using PHP 5.  Thanks!  I'm at work now and probably won't be able to test this for a bit.  I appreciate the help.

[Ravenjonny]

Great tutorial i had no problems following this.

[Phoenixoverlord]

Hi!

Wanting to learn some more php, I've already ran into trouble...

I've followed this: http://unknown.network32.net/tutorial.basic-server

But when I want to look at the phpinfo.php page I get "The specified module could not be found." in Firefox and a 500 error in IE. I'm using IIS and set "C:\Program Files\PHP\sapi\php4isapi.dll". Any idea what is wrong? :-/

[[Unknown]]

It may be necessary to copy the dlls from the PHP and dlls directory to C:\WINDOWS\system32.

-[Unknown]

[forsakenlad]

Great guide [Unknown], would be really hepful for starters, but I have a question. I am running Apache at home for development purposes, is it the right choice? Which one is less resource intensive, IIS or Apache?

[[Unknown]]

I'm not totally sure, but I run Apache on my own computer.  I think it's pretty much comparable.

There's also something like this if you want as little memory usage as possible:

http://www.lighttpd.net/

-[Unknown]

[Phoenixoverlord]

It may be necessary to copy the dlls from the PHP and dlls directory to C:\WINDOWS\system32.

-[Unknown]

Done that, but I still get the same line.

[Thunderace]

Odd .. apache and PHP went well .. but MySQL wont install the instance

[dtm.exe]

but MySQL wont install the instance

What do you mean?

-Dan The Man

[Thunderace]

MySQL Server Instance Configuration

Configure the MySQL Server 4.1 server instance

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Cannot configure Windows service for MySQL.Error: 0

Error is at service start

Update problem solved!

For others experiencing this error go to MySQL

[dtm.exe]

MySQL Server Instance Configuration

Configure the MySQL Server 4.1 server instance

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Cannot configure Windows service for MySQL.Error: 0

During the initial installation?  Have you tried another version?

-Dan The Man

[Thunderace]

Basically solved .. but when I run [unknown]s' tutorial script ..

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<?php mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', ''); mysql_select_db('test'); echo 'Unless you see any error messages, everything should be fine.'; ?>
I get a blank page and MySQL doesn't seem to be loading

[[Unknown]]

Basically solved .. but when I run [unknown]s' tutorial script ..

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<?php mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', ''); mysql_select_db('test'); echo 'Unless you see any error messages, everything should be fine.'; ?>
I get a blank page and MySQL doesn't seem to be loading

You might have to change php.ini, if you're using PHP 5.

http://www.unknownbrackets.com/tutorials/basic-server

Hi!

Wanting to learn some more php, I've already ran into trouble...

I've followed this: http://unknown.network32.net/tutorial.basic-server

But when I want to look at the phpinfo.php page I get "The specified module could not be found." in Firefox and a 500 error in IE. I'm using IIS and set "C:\Program Files\PHP\sapi\php4isapi.dll". Any idea what is wrong? :-/

Does it work to call it from the command line (php.exe, I mean)?

-[Unknown]

[Phoenixoverlord]

I've uninstalled IIS and tried to install apache 2. For some reason though it doesn't wish to start the service. This what I get in a cmd box:

Error OS2 The system cannot find the file specified. No installed service named "Apache2"

:-/


EDIT: Hmmm I've reinstalled with all the same settings and now apparently it works...

[allfripou]

Do not know whether it is the right place to post that one...

I have got an issue with the apache (httpd.conf) configuration. I would like to set of course phpmyadmin to be allowed only for localhost and apparently when I write this

Alias /phpmyadmin/ "E:/ALAIN/forum/Apache2/phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl3/"
<Directory "E:/ALAIN/forum/Apache2/phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl3">
    Options Indexes MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
        deny from all
        allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>

The access is then NOT allowed for 127.0.0.1. I have to put allow from all which is not really a good idea.

Any idea? Thanks a lot

[[Unknown]]

Try replacing "Order allow,deny" with "Order Deny,Allow".

-[Unknown]

[allfripou]

worked thx again unknown

[dæmon]

One thing I thought I would add...

For those of you using OS X (I'm sure there's more than just me), MAMP is a good package.

[Chris Cromer]

I successfully installed Apache 2.0.54, mySQL 4.1.14-win32, php5.0.5-installer on a Windows 2000 box.  Separately, they all work just fine.  I have Apache and php talking to each other.  I can log into mysql with no problems.

My problem comes in when I try to integrate mySQL and PHP.  I get an error in Event Viewer saying:

Application popup: Warning: PHP Startup: Invalid library (maybe not a PHP library) 'libmysql.dll'

I've read about something called mysqli but where do I find it?  I'm not compiling the code under windows, so the php with the mysql options don't do any good under windows, unless someone can tell me what I need to do that with.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Look through the files that come with php and find a file called "libmysql.dll" then copy that into your windows directory.

[Joshua Dickerson]

eh.. sounds like you are using an old library or even a library too new. I doubt the latter. Check what version the library is made for. It should up under the icon in windows.