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By Tali Smith | November 15, 2009

Install and Configure PHP

Introduction

The fastest and easiest way to install PHP on Internet Information Services IIS is by using the

Microsoft® Web Platform Installer Web PI

. Web PI completely automates setting up IIS, FastCGI,

and the latest version of PHP from the php.net Web site. With Web PI, you can navigate to the

“Web Platform” tab and select “PHP” under “Framework and Runtimes” customize link. Alternately,

use the instructions that follow as guidance for installing PHP with Windows® Installer or using a

compressed Zip

file installation.

There are two builds for each PHP version: one is thread‐safe, and one is not referred to as the

non‐thread‐safe [NTS] version

. The thread‐safe version is designed for environments where the

Web server core can keep the PHP engine in memory, running multiple treads of execution for

diff erent Web requests simultaneously. The architecture of IIS and the FastCGI extension provide

an isolation model that keeps requests separate, removing the need for a thread‐safe version. The

NTS version does not have any of the code that allows PHP to manage multiple threads. As a

result, there is a performance improvement on IIS when using the NTS version when compared to

the tread‐safe version because the NTS version avoids unnecessary thread‐safety checks FastCGI

ensures a single‐threaded execution environment .

Install PHP

There are two main ways to install PHP on a Windows®‐based computer: download the Windows

Installer or use the Windows Zip file from the PHP Web site. Either method will get PHP working,

but both have some extra steps that are needed to make PHP work well.

Windows Installer

The Windows Installer version can get a complete PHP environment up and running, but the

installation of extensions can be confusing. By default, no extensions are installed, and this can

adversely affect the usefulness of the PHP installation. Alternately, all of the extensions can be

installed; this results in an unstable system because some of the extensions can conflict with

others. It is generally easier to use the Zip file installation.

Zip File Installation

To use the Zip file installation, follow the instructions in Using FastCGI to Host PHP Applications on

IIS 7.0 and Above. The Zip file installation installs many of the extensions that are available for the

Windows Installer version; however, none of the extensions are enabled until their entries in the

Php.ini file are set up.

Table of Contents

Building and Running ASP.NET Applications

Running Classic ASP Applications on IIS 7 and

IIS 8

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Get Started Install Manage Develop Publish Troubleshoot Extensions Media Application Frameworks Web Hosting

Using ASP.NET Forms Authentication

ASP.NET Integration with IIS 7

How to Take Advantage of the IIS 7.0

Integrated Pipeline

How to Capture ASP.NET Page Trace Events

in IIS 7.0 Tracing

Upgrading ASP.NET 1.1 to IIS 7.0 on

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

ASP.NET 2.0 Breaking Changes on IIS 7.0

Wildcard script mapping and IIS 7 integrated

pipeline

How to use the Sample Read-Only XML

Membership and Role Providers with IIS 7.0

ASP.NET Technical Resources

Classic ASP Not Installed by Default on IIS 7.0

and above

Using Classic ASP with Microsoft Access

Databases on IIS

Classic ASP Script Error Messages No Longer

Solutions

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1. Download the latest non‐thread‐safe Zip file package with binaries of PHP. Under Windows

Binaries, click on the most current PHP non‐thread‐safe Zip package to download the PHP files.

2. Unpack the files to a directory of your choice for example, C:\PHP on your IIS server.

3. Rename the Php.ini‐recommended to php.ini.

4. Open the Php.ini file in a text editor, then uncomment and modify settings as follows:

a. Set fastcgi.impersonate = 1.

FastCGI under IIS supports the ability to impersonate security tokens of the calling client. This

allows IIS to define the security context that the request runs under.

b. Set cgi.fix_pathinfo=0

The cgi.fix_pathinfo provides PATH_INFO/PATH_TRANSLATED support for Common Gateway

Interface CGI . Setting this to 1 will cause PHP CGI to fix its paths to conform to the specification.

c. Set cgi.force_redirect = 0.

d. Set open_basedir to point to a folder or network path where the content of the Web site s is

located.

e. Set extension_dir to point to a location where PHP extensions reside. For PHP 5.2.X, this is

typically extension_dir = "./ext" .

f. Set error_log=”C:php_errors.log”

This can help with troubleshooting.

g. Enable the required PHP extension by un‐commenting corresponding lines. More information

follows in the section, Extensions.

Figure 1 Windows extensions

5. Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, and then double‐click on the System icon using the class

view

.

6. Click on the Advanced system settings link in the left column.

7. From the System Properties window, click on the Advanced tab, and then click on the

Install and Configure PHP on IIS

Shown in Web Browser by Default

Using Failed Request Tracing to troubleshoot

Classic ASP errors

Classic ASP parent paths are disabled by

default

APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH Server Variable on

Windows Vista RTM

Classic ASP Applications on IIS 7.0 and IIS 7.5

Overview

Scenario: Build a Classic ASP Website on IIS

Configuring the FastCGI Extension for IIS 6.0

Installing PHP on Windows Vista with

FastCGI

Setting Up a Database for a PHP Application

on IIS

Install PHP and FastCGI Support on Server

Core

Install and Configure MySQL for PHP

Applications on IIS 7

Walkthrough - Set Up MySQL 5.1 for PHP

applications

Install the SQL Server Driver for PHP

Enable FastCGI Support in IIS 7 on Windows

Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2,

Windows Vista, or Windows 7

Install and Configure SQL Server 2008 for

PHP Applications on IIS 7

Install and Configure PHP

How to Install the Microsoft Web Platform

for PHP

Using PHP Manager for IIS to setup and

configure PHP

Use the Windows Cache Extension for PHP

Enable Per-Site PHP Configuration on IIS 7

and IIS 6.0

Create a Separate Site or Virtual Directory for

PHP Content

Configure SMTP E-Mail in IIS 7

How to Configure and Optimize the

Microsoft Web Platform for PHP

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Environment Variables button at the bottom.

8. Select the Path variable from the System Variables section, and then click on Edit. Add: c:\php to

your system path.

Figure 2: Edit System Variable

9. Click OK until you have exited the System Properties window.

10. Start IIS Manager by clicking on Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, and then Internet

Information Services IIS

Manager.

11. From the IIS Manager, click on the hostname of your server in the Connections panel on the

left.

12. Double‐click on the Handler Mappings icon.

Figure 3: Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager

13. From the Handler Mappings Actions panel, click on Add Module Mapping.

Install and Configure PHP Applications on IIS

Run Multiple Versions of PHP on IIS

Improve PHP Error Messages in IIS 7

How to Manage and Administer the

Microsoft Web Platform

Secure Your SQL Server Database

Secure Content in IIS Through Impersonation

Secure PHP with Configuration Settings

Secure Your Infrastructure and PHP

Applications

How to Secure the Microsoft Web Platform

Enable PHP Applications to Make

Application-Level Access Control Decisions

Advanced Poll on IIS

b2Evolution on IIS

Coppermine on IIS

Crafty Syntax Live Help on IIS

Gallery2 on IIS

Geeklog on IIS

Mambo on IIS

Install WordPress on IIS

XOOPS on IIS

MediaWiki on IIS

Install osCommerce on IIS

PHPNuke on IIS

Install Zen Cart on IIS

CubeCart on IIS

ExpressionEngine on IIS

LimeSurvey on IIS

OpenAds on IIS

PHPList on IIS

PHProjekt on IIS

Siteframe on IIS

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Figure 4: Handler Mappings

14. Type the following information into the appropriate text boxes, and then click OK.

Request path: *.php

Module: FastCGImodule

Executable: C:\php\php‐cgi.exe

Name: FastCGI

Figure 5: Add Script Map

15. Click OK, and then click Yes.

16. In the left panel, click on your server’s hostname, and then double‐click on the Default

Document icon.

17. From the Actions panel on the right, click Add.

18. Enter index.php as the new default document name, and then click OK.

19. Enter default.php as the new default document name, and then click OK.

20. In the left panel, click on your server’s hostname.

Running PHP Applications on IIS

Scenario: Build an ASP.NET Website on IIS

PHPWCMS on IIS

pMachinePro on IIS

Install Drupal on IIS

Install Joomla! on IIS

Using FastCGI to Host PHP Applications on

IIS 7

Using FastCGI to Host PHP Applications on

IIS 6.0

Translate .htaccess Content to IIS web.config

Provide URL Rewriting Functionality

How to Deploy Applications on the Microsoft

Web Platform for PHP

MIX08: Partying with PHP on Microsoft

Internet Information Services 7

Set Up FastCGI for PHP

Build a High-Performance PHP Stack with

Windows IIS and Zend Server

Configure PHP Process Recycling Behavior

Best Practices for PHP on the Microsoft Web

Platform

Provision Web Sites for PHP Applications

Using Managed Code

Develop on IIS 7

Enable PHP Syntax Highlighting on IIS 7

How to Develop on the Microsoft Web

Platform

Overview: Build an ASP.NET Website on IIS

Plan an ASP.NET Website on IIS

Planning Step 1: Plan IIS Web Server and

ASP.NET Modules Installation

Planning Step 2: Plan ASP.NET Settings

Planning Step 3: Plan Data Source Settings

Planning Step 4: Plan Application Security

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21. In the Actions panel on the right, click Restart.

22. Create a new text document, and save it as c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phpinfo.php with the following

content:

23. You should now see the PHP information page at http://localhost/phpinfo.php.

Figure 6: PHP information page

Extensions

It is important to determine which extensions are needed by the applications that will be running

and then to limit the installed extensions to only those. For a typical open‐source application

installation, for example, the following extensions are installed:

Database Extensions—Most open‐source applications that use MySQL for a database

engine use either the php_mysql or the php_mysqli extensions. For new development work,

either of these extensions work well, or consider using the PDO versions of the MySQL

driver PDO is a PHP extension providing a data‐access abstraction layer that can be used

with a variety of databases ; this extra layer of abstraction provides a richer set of object

database functionality and controls. If Microsoft® SQL Server® or an express version, such

as Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Express or Microsoft® SQL Server® 2005 Express Edition

is the database engine, use the php_mssql extension for open‐source applications. For new

development work, use the PDO version of the SQL driver.

Image Handling Extensions—Many of the open‐source applications that enable work with

images make use of the GD2 extension – php_gd2, which has a number of good basic

image manipulation application programming interfaces APIs

. Some applications use the

ImageMagick application and libraries. There is also a php_exif library for working with the

extended information that modern digital cameras store within the images.

Internationalization and Localization Extensions—The two most commonly used extensions

for i18n and l10n are php_mbstring Multi‐Byte String and php_gettext Native Language

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Configure an ASP.NET Website on IIS

Configuring Step 1: Install IIS and ASP.NET

Modules

Configuring Step 2: Configure ASP.NET

Settings

Configuring Step 3: Configure Data Source

Settings

Configuring Step 4: Configure Application

Security

Overview: Build a PHP Website on IIS

Plan a PHP Website on IIS

Planning Step 1: Plan IIS Web Server and PHP

Installation

Planning Step 2: Plan PHP Settings

Planning Step 3: Plan PHP Application

Security

Configure a PHP Website on IIS

Configuring Step 1: Install IIS and PHP

Configuring Step 2: Configure PHP Settings

Configuring Step 3: Configure PHP

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Support

. Many of the open‐source applications use one or both of these.

Web Services Extensions—Choose the Web services extensions based on the services

desired. For PHP, the SOAP extension is widely used. The XML‐RPC extension is often used

in conjunction with SOAP and other services.

PHP.INI File Settings

The Php.ini file provides PHP with configuration and environmental information. Below are a

number of settings for the Php.ini file that help PHP work better with Windows.

REQUIRED SETTINGS:

extension_dir =

The extension_dir needs to point to the directory where the PHP extensions are stored. The

path can be fully qualified for example, C:\PHP\ext

or relative for example, .\ext

.

Extensions that are specified lower in the Php.ini file need to be located in the extension_dir.

If the extensions specified are not in the extension_dir, then PHP will give a warning

message at the start of script execution, and the application may show errors because of the

missing functionality.

extension = xxxxxx.dll

For each extension enabled, a corresponding extension= directive that tells PHP which

extensions in the extension_dir to load at startup time is necessary.

log_errors=On

PHP errors can also go through the PHP error logging facility. This can be used to send

errors to a file or to a service for example, syslog

and works with the error_log directive

described below. When running under IIS, log_errors must be enabled with a valid error_log.

Otherwise, FastCGI considers any startup messages which may be benign as an error

condition, which generates an HTTP 500 return error code to the browser.

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OPTIONAL SETTINGS:

max_execution_time=##

This directive sets the maximum amount of time that can be taken executing any given

script. The default is 30 seconds. Some applications need more time to process batch

operations for example, Gallery2 loading multiple images from a remote location

.

However, setting the execution time higher than 300 seconds is not advised because there

are often other parts of the connection that cannot support such a long execution time.

memory_limit=###M

The amount of memory available for the PHP process in MB

. The default is 128 MB, which

is appropriate for most PHP applications.

display_errors=Off

This directive determines whether to include any error messages in the stream that it returns

to the Web server. If turned on, PHP will send the classes of errors that are defined with the

error_reporting directive back to IIS as part of the error stream. Many of the open‐source

applications bypass error reporting by executing commands prefaced with @. This allows

the applications to control error handling.

Mail functions

PHP is configured by default to send outbound mail through an SMTP server located on the

same system as the Web server. Note that most Windows installations usually have the Web

and mail servers on separate systems.

Enable PHP Session State

1. In Windows® Explorer, create the session subdirectory in the PHP installation directory.

2. Right‐click the session directory, and select Properties.

3. In the Security tab, click Edit.

4. Click Add, and enter IIS_IUSRS for Enter the object names to select.

5. Click OK.

6. Select the Modify permission check box, and click OK.

Figure 7: Permissions for session folder

7. Click OK in the Session Properties window.

8. Open php.ini in the PHP installation directory, and set the session.save_path setting to the

session subdirectory:

session.save_path = "C:\php\session"

9. Save and close the file.

10. Click Start, and then select Command Prompt.

11. Type runas /user:administrator cmd.exe to enable elevated permissions.


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12. Type iisreset at the command prompt, and then press the ENTER key.

Figure 8: IISRESET command

Note that PHP uses file‐based session state by default. You can modify a number of additional

session settings, including whether cookie or URL sessions should be used, and whether sessions

are created on the first request or need to be explicitly created.

13. Test the session state by using Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\inetpub\wwwroot.

14. Create a folder and rename it phpapp.

15. Create session.php in the phpapp directory.

16. Paste the following into it:

17. Save and close the file.

18. Start Internet Explorer, and navigate to http://localhost/session.php.

Figure 9: Using session state

19. Observe that the counter is 1.

20. Request http://localhost/session.php again, or press F5.

Figure 10: Using session state

21. Observe that the counter is 2.

Note: This article uses information from “Using FastCGI to Host PHP Applications on IIS 7.0 and

Above” by Ruslan Yakushev, published on December 5, 2007.

Links for Further Information

PHP on Windows Training Kit.

Installing PHP on Windows Server 2008.

PHP on IIS7.

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