Re: Apache not finding PHP Module

[<bluekid239@xxxxxxx>]

OH! As it turns out, I looked at the manual install instructions more 
carefully and discovered that php5apache2_2.dll is not included in the 
non-thread-safe version, so instead of downloading
VC6x86 Non Thread Safe
I downloaded
VC6x86 Thread Safe

It compiles correctly now.  Apparently you can't just copy and paste 
php5apache2_2.dll from the Thread Safe version into your Non Thread Safe 
version and expect it to work. It also appears that Apache 2.2.x does not 
like the Non Thread Safe version of PHP 5.3.  Go figure.

So, in conclusion, this is what works for me:
Install the V6 THREAD SAFE version of PHP 5.3
add the following in the specified locations of httpd.conf, replacing 
%phpdir% with the directory to your installation of PHP:

#At the end of the LoadModule section----
Loadfile %phpdir%/php5ts.dll
LoadModule php5_module %phpdir%/php5apache2_2.dll
PHPIniDir %phpdir%

#Inside the <IfModule mod_mime.c>----
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

#At the end of the file:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

#If you want the handler to only handle files that END in .php, add this to 
the end:
<FilesMatch \.php$>
   SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

I suppose that it might work if you appended all of this (in the order they 
appear in the list) to the end of the file, it might work as well, but it 
works for me now and I'm not going to mess it up. I apologize for cluttering 
the mailing-list, if you consider this clutter.

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From: <bluekid239@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 5:10 PM
To: "Lester Caine" <lester@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <php-install@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re:  Apache not finding PHP Module

> This is the full path to the PHP module (assuming that the flash drive is 
> read as the F:/ drive):
> F:/Apache/PHP/
> I manually installed PHP in this directory.  I'm going to reinstall PHP 
> again, just to make sure I did everything right.
> This is what I am downloading:
> PHP 5.3 (5.3.2)
> VC6 x86 Non Thread Safe (2010-Mar-04 20:11:06)
> found at: 
> <http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-5.3.2-nts-Win32-VC6-x86.zip>
>
> I am extracting it to F:/Apache/PHP/
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Lester Caine" <lester@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:45 AM
> To: <php-install@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re:  Apache not finding PHP Module
>
> > Jonny Dahm wrote:
> > > Hello! I've been working with HTML and PHP for a few weeks now.  For the
> > > times leading up to now, I've been working at home on my Windows 7
> > > computer and IIS. I had PHP up and running on my laptop perfectly fine,
> > > but I wanted to work with PHP at school, too. I decided the best way to
> > > do that is have the server on my flashdrive, and that Apache was the
> > > best choice. I got it working and portable (amazingly), but when I
> > > attempted to add a PHP handler, it wouldn't run. This is the error
> > > message I get:
> > >
> > > httpd.exe: Syntax error on line 500 of F:/Apache/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot
> > > load F:/Apache/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll into server: The specified module
> > > could not be found.
> > >
> > > This is exactly what I added to httpd.conf:
> > > # PHP 5
> > > Loadfile "PHP/php5.dll"
> > >
> > > # Load the module
> > > LoadModule php5_module "PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"
> > >
> > > # configure the path to php.ini
> > > PHPIniDir "PHP/"
> >
> > So where IS PHP?
> > The above settings do assume it is in F:/Apache/PHP, but obviously it is 
> > somewhere else - and I would guess F:/PHP if all you have done is 
> > installed using the defaults. So just need the F:/ adding ...
> >
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