Installing PHP on IIS5

I've downloaded and run the installer but have now received the following error and must configure the webserver manually:

"Due to a missing OCX control on your system, the installation Wizard is unable to configure your web server. However, PHP has been successfully installed, and all you need to do now is manually configure the web server as described in the install.txt file which can be found in yhour php installation directory."

This file has all sorts of different set-ups in it, such as using CGI executalble as opposed to SAPI modules, etc.

I'm really working in the dark here as I have never worked with any server before. Up to now I've only used php/mysql on a remote server that is admistered by my ISP. Does anyone have any helpful suggestions at this point?

Thanks very much,
Catharina

Well, I haven't used IIS, so I can't be of much help, but try searching Microsoft's site (or Google) for more info. In Apache, all you have to do is edit the config file, and put the file php4ts.dll (Make sure you're using the main mirror, others don't all have it) in the system32 folder. IIS uses a graphical interface console, and mine doesn't work, so I'm not sure what you need to edit.

I got the thing to work and can now see the phpinfo.php file...Yay me!

Now I need to turn on register_globals. I did this in the php.ini file in the WNNT directory by changing the line:
register_globals = Off
to
register_globals = On

But in the phpinfo.php file it still shows up as off. How can I get them turned on? Security won't be an issue as this will be in an intranet.

Thanks for any help,
Catharina

(Freezing in Elora, Ontario and still looking forward to spring!)

Did you try restarting the webserver?

please share with us how you got it to start working, i'm experiencing the same problem