HELP I have just started to work with PHP. When I attempt to execute a PHP script I always get the error msg Could not open input file: <file-path-name> I did not find anything about this being a known problem in the archive so presume I am doing something wrong. How can I resolve this problem? Howard Holcombe - - - - - - - - - - - - - DETAILS I downloaded the Windows 5.3.3_VC6 version of PHP onto a XP system and did a manual install as per the install.txt file. The install was performed as a regular user rather than Administrator. 1. When I use the PHP CLI program to execute a PHP function from the cmd line as in php -r "phpinfo();" > php_results I get the expected data in the output file. 2. I created a PHP script file named phpinfo.php (in the directory X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\test) using Wordpad to execute the phpinfo() function. The script file permissions are Everyone - Modify, Read&Execute, Read, Write The script file is NOT Read-only, Hidden or Archive 3. When I use the PHP CLI program to execute a PHP script file from the cmd line as in php -f "X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\test\phpinfo.php" I get the error Could not open input file: X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\test\phpinfo.php 4. There are no error log entries 5. The changes I made to the php.ini file are ----------------------------------- X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\extract_5.3.3_VC6>diff C:\windows\php.ini php.ini-production 123d122 < log_errors = On 381d379 < open_basedir="X:\work\hholcomb\PHP" 533c531 < display_errors = On --- > display_errors = Off 641d638 < error_log = "X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\error_log\PHP_error_log.log" 813d809 < extension_dir = "X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\extract_5.3.3_VC6\ext" 827d822 < cgi.force_redirect = 0 848d842 < cgi.fix_pathinfo=1 857d850 < fastcgi.impersonate = 1 862d854 < fastcgi.logging = 0 X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\extract_5.3.3_VC6> -------------------------------------- I have done the following to isolate/resolve the problem 1. validated that the script file does exist in the specified directory and is accessible using the DOS "type" command - file contents are displayed 2. tried using UNIX slashes in the path to the script file - same result 3. tried running from the directory containing the script file and just specifying the name of the file w/o the path - same result 4. added a -c <ini-path> to the cmd line - same result 5. added/removed the open_basedir specification from the php.ini file - same result 6. attempted to execute other PHP script files in the same directory - same result 7. removed the quote characters around the file path for the script file - same result -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php