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Could someone provide a step-by-step installation guide for Windows 98 with PWS 4.0, including a sample php.ini hopefully...

Sep 6th, 2000 08:23
John Lim, Jerry Yoakum, Rick Proctor, http://www.php.net/manual/install-windows95-nt.php

1. Extract the distribution file to a directory of your choice.
   "C:\PHP3\" is what I’ll use for this document.
2. Move .dll files not starting with php3_ to C:\windows\system
   directory.
3. Copy the file, 'php3.ini-dist' to C:\WINDOWS directory and rename
   it 'php3.ini'.
4. Edit your 'php3.ini' file:
   o You will need to change the 'extension_dir' setting to point to
     your php-install-dir, or where you have placed your 'php3_*.dll'
     files. ex: c:\php3
   o NOTE: This is where www.php.net says to set the 'doc_root' to
     point to your webservers document_root. INSTEAD, comment ‘doc_root’
     out by putting a ‘;’ in front of it. By un-commenting the
     ‘doc_root’ you will be able to use virtual directories.
   o Choose which modules you would like to load when PHP starts. You
     can uncomment the: 'extension=php3_*.dll' lines to load these
     modules. Some modules require you to have additional libraries
     installed on your system for the module to work correctly. The PHP
     FAQ has more information on where to get supporting libraries. You
     can also load a module dynamically in your script using:
     dl("php_*.dll");
   o (I did not try this step.) On PWS and IIS, you can set the
     browscap.ini to point to: 'c:\windows\system\inetsrv\browscap.ini'
     on Windows 95/98 and 'c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\browscap.ini' on
     NT Server. Additional information on using the browscap
     functionality in PHP can be found at this mirror, select
     the "source" button to see it in action.
5. Right-click on the INF file included with the distribution
   (php_iis_reg.inf) and then click on ‘Install.’  If you used
   something other then C:\php3 for your installation you need to edit
   (notepad will do) this file and make sure the extensions and PHP
   install directories match your configuration.
6. For each directory that you use php in, set the properties
   to 'Execute.'
7. Enjoy!
Due to the length of the php3.ini file I will not be including a sample.
Please note that this is almost completely copied from the above link 
to www.php.net with a few minor changes that made all the difference 
for the Windows/PWS setup. The people at www.php.net have done a 
wonderful job with php and should not be criticized for the minor 
details. I would never have gotten this far without the documentation 
that was provided.
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There is also a free Windows EXE installer for PHP available at 
http://php.weblogs.com/easywindows 
This installer automates 99% of the tasks below for IIS and PWS. Tested 
on Win95/98, WinNT (SP5), and Win2000. 
-- John Lim