Im following the instructions from a book (as well as from a website).
I have downloaded two files; php-5.2.6-Win32.zip and pecl-5.2.6-Win32.zip.
As stated in the book, it says that:
begin by unzipping the ZIP file to the directory of your choice. The usual location is c:\php, and we use this location in the following explaination.
You can install the PECL libraries by unziping the PECL file to your extensions directory. Using c:\php as your base directory, this will be c:\php\ext\.
Now follow these steps:
1.In the main directory you will see a file called php.exe and one called php5ts.dll.
2.Set up a php.ini configuration file. PHP comes with two prepared files: php.ini-dist and php.ini-recommended. We suggest you use php.ini-dist while you are learning PHP or on development servers AND use php.ini-recommended on production servers. Make a copy of this file and RENAME it as php.ini.
3. Edit your php.ini file. It contains many settings. The settings you need to change are as follows:
- change the extension_dir directive to point to the directory where your extension DLLs reside. In teh normal install, this is C:\PHP\ext.
Your php.ini will therefore contain
extension_dir = c:/php/ext
- Set the doc_root directive to point at the root directory from which your web server serves. This is likely to be
-doc_root = "c:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs"
if you are using Apache.
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So my problems are:
1. I dont see the "php.exe" in the main directory as mentioned in the book. I only found the php5ts.dll.
2.How to set up the "php.ini" configration as mentioned in step 2? and how to rename it?? And i cant open the php.ini-dist NOR php.ini-recommended file.
3. How to edit the php.ini file? and change the directory as mentioned in steps 3?
I really need your help asap.
Many thanks.
I have downloaded two files; php-5.2.6-Win32.zip and pecl-5.2.6-Win32.zip.
As stated in the book, it says that:
begin by unzipping the ZIP file to the directory of your choice. The usual location is c:\php, and we use this location in the following explaination.
You can install the PECL libraries by unziping the PECL file to your extensions directory. Using c:\php as your base directory, this will be c:\php\ext\.
Now follow these steps:
1.In the main directory you will see a file called php.exe and one called php5ts.dll.
2.Set up a php.ini configuration file. PHP comes with two prepared files: php.ini-dist and php.ini-recommended. We suggest you use php.ini-dist while you are learning PHP or on development servers AND use php.ini-recommended on production servers. Make a copy of this file and RENAME it as php.ini.
3. Edit your php.ini file. It contains many settings. The settings you need to change are as follows:
- change the extension_dir directive to point to the directory where your extension DLLs reside. In teh normal install, this is C:\PHP\ext.
Your php.ini will therefore contain
extension_dir = c:/php/ext
- Set the doc_root directive to point at the root directory from which your web server serves. This is likely to be
-doc_root = "c:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs"
if you are using Apache.
..................................................................................
So my problems are:
1. I dont see the "php.exe" in the main directory as mentioned in the book. I only found the php5ts.dll.
2.How to set up the "php.ini" configration as mentioned in step 2? and how to rename it?? And i cant open the php.ini-dist NOR php.ini-recommended file.
3. How to edit the php.ini file? and change the directory as mentioned in steps 3?
I really need your help asap.
Many thanks.