December 28, 2003
This
guide assumes that you have already installed PHP on your system.
If you have not yet done so, please take a look at this guide: Installing
PHP on a Windows Webserver
Here we'll configure IIS
to use PHP. Hopefully the PHP install program already configured
IIS, but sometimes, we have to do this manually and this guide shows you
how.
Start -> Settings -> Control
Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services.
Click on your server name,
then right-click on "Web Sites" and select "Properties".
Select the "Home Directory"
tab.
At "Execute Permissions"
change the setting from "None" to "Scripts and Executables".
Now click the "Configuration"
button.
If you see this line, everything
is fine.
If you don't see it, we'll
add it. Click the "Add" button and fill it out as you see here.
Click "OK" to close all the
dialog boxes.
Now we have to set the default
document to process .php files.
Under website properties,
go to the Documents tab.
Click "Add". In this
box, list the default document name that you use as your default.
It will probably be something like "index.php" or "default.php".
In this example, we'll use "index.php".
Click "OK".
The document will initially
be at the bottom of the list.
Click on the left "up" arrow
to promote the file to the top.
Click "OK".
You'll see this message.
It ask whether you want all the child directories to also inherit the changes
you made. Click on the "Select All" button then click "OK".
Then you'll see another message
that asks if we want to "Default Document" property to be set for the child
nodes as well. Click on "Select All" then click "OK".
Now we have to write a small
php file to test out if PHP actually works on IIS.
Open up Notepad and paste
the code between the two lines in the page.
----------------------------
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo "<p>Hello
World</p>"; ?>
</body>
</html>
----------------------------
In Notepad, select "File"
then "Save As". Browse to your website document directory and save
the file as "index.php". Keep the "" marks. This makes Notepad
save the file with the ".php" extension instead of ".txt".
Now fire up your web browser
and point it at the directory where you saved the file. You should
see this:
If you see the actual code
of the page, then something is wrong. You will need to go back and
figure out what is missing.
Depending on your particular
setup, you may or may not have to edit a file called php.ini. This
file is in your c:\windows directory.
Now you have PHP setup for
IIS!
Brian
| Additional
Information |
Resources:
Step-by-Step:
|
|
