Installing PHP in IIS 5.1

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Installing PHP in IIS 5.1

I know there have been some similar questions to this, but they haven't helped me.

I'm trying to install Wordpress 2.8.4 on my XP box, with IIS 5.1. I installed MySQL, and found that it was possible to install Wordpress through the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. After installing Wordpress (the install worked fine), I proceeded to the next step in the Wordpress installation documentation, which is to open wp-admin/install.php in your browser. IIS seemed to not be interpreting PHP, and when searching for the best way to install it, I saw that it is also available with Microsoft Web Platform Installer, so I installed it that way. However, my IIS isn't interpreting PHP still. I do not know what the problem is, but I'm going to reboot right now and see if that helps, as I didn't reboot after the install (even though it didn't say I have to). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Application mapping for .php extension to x:\php5\php-cgi.exe is needed.

Open properties dialog box of IIS's Default Website, and perform extension mapping.

adatapost 2009-09-06 07:47:19

is this in the ISAPI Filters tab? The name of the filter would be ".php" correct? Thanks!

Maxim Zaslavsky 2009-09-06 07:50:03

Hmm, i found C:\Program Files\PHP\php5.dll, as far as I remember, there was something i read while searching for a solution to this problem that mentioned such a file name, is this the correct filter? I'm going to try it now.

Maxim Zaslavsky 2009-09-06 07:51:37

No. It is at **Home Directory** tab. Select **Configuration** button and add path of php-cgi.exe at executable and .php as an extension.

adatapost 2009-09-06 07:52:32

No, still not working. Going to try to find a php-cgi.exe, but where would this directory be located?

Maxim Zaslavsky 2009-09-06 07:53:17

@adatapost oh. going to try that.

Maxim Zaslavsky 2009-09-06 07:54:03

@adatapost Thank you! It worked after a reboot! Have a great day.

Maxim Zaslavsky 2009-09-06 08:12:31

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