On Saturday 17 July 2004 22:06, Jeff Hill wrote: > * Install.txt still refers to InstallShield, but you're using Wise. Is this > an oversight, or is the distributed copy of Install.txt back-level? The docs have always said that, and I've always used Wise. I think InstallShield is being used in the same generic sense that some use the word Hoover to mean vacuum cleaner. > > * it appears that "php.ini-dist" is being installed rather than > "php.ini-recommended". Is this by design? This is by design as most windows cgi installations are used for development purposes. I'm sure nobody is really daft enough to connect a windows machine to the internet for production purposes :) > > * on my system IIS4+ was initially selected. Does this indicate that it > detected IIS5, or is it just a default value? Just the default value. > > * I then selected IIS6 (carelessly, as I have it running on a different > box). Near the end of the install a system dialog was displayed complaining > about missing file C:\WinNT\system32\iisext.vbs. After responding to the > dialog, the install hung and had to be killed via task manager. The Install > log never got created so I could not run the uninstall. I'll look into this. > > I reran the install and selected IIS4 which completed normally. I next > walked thru the manual steps in Install.txt to check what Install did (or > didn't) do: > > - Install.txt recommends setting security on php.ini to give Everyone read > access. Had to do this manually. Should the installer have done it? Perhaps. Do you know what access php.ini had before you changed it? > > - The section on IIS/PWS covers registry settings and mentions a reg file, > "pws-php5cgi.reg". This file was not present in either the installer or the > full zip version. This file is only required for manual installation, but I'll pass the info on so that it gets included in the zip version. > > - the text refers to adding the ScriptMap string value; I assume the > "example" value should refer to "php-cgi.exe" (not "php.exe")? Or, see > next... Indeed it should. > > - The zip distribution also includes "php-win.exe", which is the same size > as "php.exe". Should the installer actually have used "php-win.exe" and > renamed it to "php.exe"?? I'm pretty sure that the installer is correct in using php-cgi.exe. > > - In the discussion of using Internet Services Manager, there are two ways > to get there: > > 1. If you go in thru the Computer Management MMC, you see Services and > Applications, and within that, Internet Information Services. Here it lists > the "Default Web Site", and the Properties selection in the context menu > takes you directly to the Properties so ou can access the Home Directiry > tab. > > 2. When you go in via Control Panel, it displays the named server, and > after you click Properties in the context menu you then need to click > Master Properties. From there you can access the Home Directory setting. > > I'm not sure whether master Properties is the right way to go; perhaps > Install.txt could clarify this. Also, the Install.txt instructions had us > set the mapping manually manually on the previous page. > - In the next paragraph, the text refers to "Method Exclusions"; my dialog > has "All verbs" I'm sure the php-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx people would be delighted to receive a modified and more accurate version of the installation instructions if you have time. > When I got all done I created a test file in a test folder. I consistently > got 404's. I checked the permissions. I checked the folder name. I checked > everything three times. I put a test HTML file in the same folder and it > found that fine. I ran a command lin etest and that worked file. I verified > the php.ini location an settings. > > The problem turned out to be the recommended setting for "doc_root" in > Install.txt. It says c:\inetpub, but it should be c:\inetpub\wwwroot. Not > knowing how it was going to be used internally, I didn't spot this at > first. Again, we need to tweak the docs. I think from reading all the above, that if you had run the installer and selected the correct webserver, it would have actually done the job properly and left you with a working system (it doesn't set doc_root). Let me know if you have time to tweak the docs yourself - even if there are things you are unsure about you can just stick some questions in. Im sure we can ten pass that by someone in the know. I have completely abandoned Windows now and only use it to build the php installer so my knowledge of setting up IIS is becoming hazier by the day! Cheers -- Phil Driscoll -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
