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List:       php-windows
Subject:    Re: [PHP-WIN] PHP and MySQL Configuration on my WinXP Pro machine
From:       "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk () cknet ! co ! za>
Date:       2007-12-09 20:13:52
Message-ID: 000701c83aa0$07435250$6401a8c0 () JacobK
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Ok.

Was away this weekend, so only got around to trying out this installation 
now, and it seems to be working alright - now just have to get 'used' to the 
configuration interface for MySQL now (trying out that SQLLite thing on the 
'new' localhost homepage), but at least I can now at least try to do this 
now since it is in fact executing normal PHP code, as well as at least 
trying to execute the DB code (although I haven't quite got it configured 
properly yet).

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bolte" <billb@hightouchinc.com>
To: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@cknet.co.za>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:33 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] PHP and MySQL Configuration on my WinXP Pro machine


http://www.wampserver.com/en/




-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Kruger [mailto:jacobk@cknet.co.za]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:25 AM
To: Bill Bolte
Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] PHP and MySQL Configuration on my WinXP Pro
machine

WAM server installer?

I do in fact have the installer for Apache here, but the only initial
irritation when I first tried it out was that even when I told it to use

port 81, so that I could in fact run it and IIS alongside, it still came
up
trying to use port 80, and I didn't seem to be able to 'correct' it,
whence
I then took it off again.

suppose I could try reinstalling it, and at least use it when working in
PHP
etc. (after then turning off IIS) since my actual PHP work will in fact
be
hosted on a Linux server anyway.

The alternative was in fact to make one of my machines a dual-boot of
sorts
so I could also play with Linux etc., but a little bit nervous of the
situation of a blind/VI guy trying to partition his drives during the
install process, and then make choices every time that other machine
boots
up before my screenreader software starts talking - although there is in

facta way to 'test' the new version of Ubuntu on a live bootup CD
without
installing it, and you can quite easily make the screenreader start
'automatically'.

Anyway, like I think I mentioned before, although I'm way more
comfortable
in Windows XP, my one machine (the play-play machine that I read email
on,
and browse the internet with) does in fact need to be reloaded at some
stage, so I suppose if I can't sort out this issue, then maybe (one
day),
I'll reload that machine with Linux, and then use it as my local web
server
or something, but for now I'd just like to get this configuration
working.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bolte" <billb@hightouchinc.com>
To: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@cknet.co.za>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:46 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] PHP and MySQL Configuration on my WinXP Pro
machine


Yeah, we do ASP work here (some legacy stuff). I find that for me, it
works better if I do my PHP work on Apache and ASP with IIS, so I'm
generally switching back and forth (read turning Web Servers off and on
my dev computer). We found that the WAMP server installer if very good
and use it rather than trying to compile things on our own, etc. It's
very easy to enable/disable extensions and set things up. You might give
that a try, I'd highly recommend it. But, we do very little PHP hosting
on Windows.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Kruger [mailto:jacobk@cknet.co.za]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:41 AM
To: Bill Bolte
Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] PHP and MySQL Configuration on my WinXP Pro
machine

I initially had them both installed in the 'default' folders:
C:\Program files...

But then when I realised that the exts for MySQL etc. hadn't been
installed - partially because of that extremely long list of add-ins to
choose from when doing the installation - and after one or two other
guys on
the blind programming listssaid I should rather have installed to paths
like
c:\php and c:\zMySQL in order to help out the order of hierarchy for
some of
the DLLs or something, I in fact reinstalled around amonth ago, and
while I
hadn't actually tested any MySQL code at that stage it was all working
fine
in terms of other code like manipulating form input, reading an extra
text
file etc., and now when I actually started playing with MySQL code, it
suddenly 'started' generating me these errors, except I suppose that
since I
was actually sort of not having them announced to me/supressing them, it
was
possible they were there, but not really specifically affecting the code
ai
was actually using.

Like i said in the previous mail, I now can't even execute the phpinfo()

function now since I immediately get those error popups, and no output.

Lastly, the reason I use IIS etc. is because I still do work using ASP,
ASP.Net, and MSSQL server, and am now sort of starting to train myself
into
using PHP and MySQL since these are obviously used 'more often' across
the
world.

Thanks for your response/efforts

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bolte" <billb@hightouchinc.com>
To: <php-windows@lists.php.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:09 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] PHP and MySQL Configuration on my WinXP Pro
machine


I haven't had that experience and have used PHP with both IIS and Apache
on WinXP Pro. Have you tried re-installing though? Is there a reason
you're using IIS rather than Apache?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Kruger [mailto:jacobk@cknet.co.za]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:35 PM
To: php-windows@lists.php.net
Subject: Fw: [PHP-WIN] PHP and MySQL Configuration on my WinXP Pro
machine

I'd actually thought this list was relatively inactive up until the
various
replies to all the other messages today, so I thought I'd send a
'reminder'
relating to my specific problem (see below).

If you guys are all using PHP on a Windows machine, it's a bit strange
that
I'm the only one who's run into this problem, so hopefully one or two of
you
can tell me what to look at/into.

Thanks in advance

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

----- Original Message ----- 
Ok.  Had both components installed/configured on my machine, but seem to
be
experiencing a 'new' problem.

Been starting up with this stuff again now, and after wondering why no
MySQL
related code would produce a result, I went into my php.ini file and
made
sure it would in fact generate/display all errors, and 'suddenly' I'm
getting not only popups whenever any PHP page starts to load moaning
about
'invalid memory access' linked to actually loading the relevant DLL
files
for the database access, and the obvious errors related to not being
able to
execute any code related to mysql_ objects/functions rendered in the
actual
output, but I can't even
execute normal code like just using something like echo "hello world";

It was working after the last 'move' to a different folder (c:\php and
c:\zMysql), but even after looking over various forums, searching for
relevant info using google, and making sure that IUSR_MachnieName had
full
access to the various folders where the .DLL files where located, it
still
won't work.

FWIW, I have Windows XP Pro, IIS, PHP 5.2.3, and MySQL 5.0.41 installed,
and
followed all guidelines I could find/get for configuration etc., and the
paths mentioned in those popup dialogues mentioning these problems do in
fact refer to the correct file paths, and file names, and FWIW, it's not
just the MySQL DLL it can't load, since that dialogue pops up around 5
times
mentioning all 5 of the add-ins I chose during the actual install of PHP
etc.

I also have both the c:\php and c:\php\ext folders in the path
environment
variable, at the front of that string.

While I would like to get this stuff on track, I'm wondering if its
worth it
at all...
(maybe I should just 'dump' my Windows workstation, and install that
Ubuntu
CD I have - LOL!)

Anyway, any suggestions?

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