Comments on: Quick tips for installing PHP + IIS7 under Windows 7

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 May 2011 05:38:09 +0000

if You want to help next time do that don't just talkt to your geeekster buddies idiot

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:08:58 +0000

Thanks for the post – could you explain these two steps in a little more detail?

1) re-add the *php <-> php5isapi.dll script mapping.

2) Make sure that all your apppools are started

Thanks again,

Deck Hazen, [email protected]

By: Cd-MaN

Cd-MaN — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:51:02 +0000

@Anonymous - you don't need to use IIS. In fact installing PHP is easier using Apache, but you can use many different webservers under windows (lighttpd, nginx, etc).

What I would recommend is the XAMPP package, since it is quite easy to install. I didn't use it under Windows 7, but there is a very good chance that it will work without a problem. One thing to be aware of however is the security aspect: it is mainly configured as a developer tool, so it is not as tight as you can (and should) be in a production environment. Make sure that you understand the security considerations before you start running a website accessible (and thus attackable) by anyone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:45:53 +0000

What about if I don't want to run IIS? In the past under XP and Vista, I did not run IIS. Do I now need it for PHP under Win7?

What I'm getting under Win7 without IIS is that my PHP commands are echoed back. So by going to localhost, I see the PHP command for the info screen instead of the actual information panels.