Re: PHP install on IIS with Dreamweaver on WinXP issue

[Kevin Ruiz <kevinruiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tamer Higazi wrote:
> Hi!
> Here are the installation instructions for the IIS (internet Information
> Server)
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.iis.php
>
> Tamer
>
> saz25 schrieb:
> > Hi,
> > I am new to PHP. I also have Dreamweaver installed on my Windows PC.
> > I'd like to start writing some simple PHP files. I just installed IIS
> > which is part of Windows XP. I verified that it works fine.
> >
> > Now when I installed PHP from the www.php.net site, it asks me what
> > server I am using. There are 4 versions of IIS as choices. Which one do
> > I choose ?

which version of IIS are you running? You can find this out by going to 
start->run->type "inetmgr"...this will open you IIS manager. the right 
side of the panel will tell you which version of IIS you're running.

> > Why is it that when I create a simple php file and place it in
> > c:/inetpub/www, when I double-click on the file it opens Dreamweaver.
> > How to I make it go to my IIS server and PHP application and not to
> > Dreamweaver ?
> >
> >
> > My .php file contains:
> > <pre>&lt;p&gt;This page was created at &lt;b&gt;  &lt;?php echo
> > date(&quot;h:i:s a&quot;, time()); ?&gt;  &lt;/b&gt; on the computer
> > running PHP.&lt;/p&gt;  </pre>

It doesn't sound like you have IIS set to parse your php files. I'd read 
through the documentation from php.net first...if you're still having 
issues shoot me an email.

> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >