Beginning PHP4 P2

Installing PHP4 on Windows 95 and 98First of all, lets install Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS). It should be noted PWS is really only suitable for running your development machine on – its not up to the job of running a real web site. However, it provides a convenient and inexpensive development environment for pre-Windows 2000 machines, without the need for powerful hardware.
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Beginning PHP4 P2Installing PHP4 on Windows 95 and 98 First of all, lets install Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS). It should be noted PWS is really only suitable for running your development machine on – its not up to the job of running a real web site. However, it provides a convenient and inexpensive development environment for pre-Windows 2000 machines, without the need for powerful hardware. One of the main drawbacks of PWS is that it can be awkward to install and get up and running correctly. Lets try and get over this by following these steps:Obtaining PWS The version of PWS you need to install is version 4.0, which was first released in NT 4 Option Pack of Dec 1997 as part of IIS 4.0. It is available from several sources, as follows.Visual InterDev Microsofts Visual InterDev version 6.0 includes PWS. It can be installed at the time VID is set up or can be installed afterwards as an option from a custom set-up.Windows 98 The Windows 98 CD contains an installer for PWS. Most people who have installed PWS from the Windows 98 CD onto a Windows 98 installation seem to have fewer problems then those who use other sources.FrontPage FrontPage, FrontPage 97 and FrontPage 98 included PWS, although in different flavors. The early releases of FrontPage had a program named HTTPD which was sold as Front Page Server. The functionality was the same as PWS, but it was an entirely different set of code. As far as we are aware, its not possible to run PHP under this server. FrontPage 97 contained PWS 1.0, and FrontPage 98 contains PWS 4.0, the current incarnation of PWS.Download Microsoft offers PWS as a download, but with a strange nomenclature. It is actually a component of the Windows NT option pack for Windows 95. If you run the Windows NT Option Pack on a Windows 9x machine, the option pack will recognize that this is not an NT OS and will install PWS instead of IIS. Wait A Minute! Run the Windows NT Option Pack on Windows 9x? Many people have a hard time believing that one possible technique to install PWS was to run the NT Option Pack on their Windows 9x machines. But it does work and is the recommended method for Windows 95 users. Well show you how to do it shortly.Which Source To Use Youll generally have the fewest problems when installing PWS on Windows 98 from the Windows 98 CD. The second least-problematic source seems to be the NT download which is good for Windows 95 as well as Windows 98. Another strategy with minimum complaints has been the installation from NT 4 Option pack onto NT workstation. Folks that are installing from Visual InterDev and FrontPage CD-ROMs seem to have the most problems. It is also recommended that if you are considering moving from Windows 95 to Windows 13 98, you do so before attempting to install PWS.Installing From NT Option Pack Onto Windows 95 This is the best option for Windows 95. However, keep in mind that a much higher percentage of users have had problems with PWS on Windows 95 then PWS on Windows 98. If you are considering upgrading to Windows 98 we suggest you do it prior to installing PWS. 1. Close all applications. 2. Download Windows NT Option Pack for Windows 95 from http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/NT4OptPk/. Youll find the link at the bottom of the web page. 3. Select option 1 of the download options, and then on the next page select the operating system you are running on. On the next page click on download.exe for the site nearest to you. 4. Save the program to disk. 5. Go to the directory where you saved download.exe and run it, and the wizard will first ask you to agree to the licensing terms, and then present you with the following screen:14 6. Choose to download only, as, if the install option quits halfway through, it can mess up your machines configuration. 7. Click Next and choose x86: Windows 95 for the operating system and click Next. 8. Choose the Typical Installation and click Next. 9. Choose a location on your hard drive of where to download the pack to, and click Next. 10. Choose a location from where to download the pack. 11. Accept the verification certificate that appears and then the option pack will download. 12. Finally go to the location where you saved it, and run the newly downloaded setup.exe.Installing From The Windows 98 CD Onto Windows 98 This is the safest option for installing PWS, but is only possible if using Windows 98. The steps are as follows: 1. Ensure that the Windows 98 CD is in the drive. When you insert the CD, a splash screen will ...