PHP to work with IIS 6 in 64bit Windows Server 2003

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28th July 2009, 12:58 PM
MattGibson

PHP to work with IIS 6 in 64bit Windows Server 2003

I am a Windows systems admin who has very little experience with PHP beyond the basic install and ini file.

I am trying to make PHP 5 work inside a Windows Server 2003 x64 server using IIS6 and just cannot seem to get there. The walkthroughs I have found have all proven ineffective.

I wonder if anyone here has any experience or tips they can send me. I am reading reading reading, which is always a good thing, but a push in the right direction would be appreciated.

Could you please advise me if this is possible?

Many Thanks
Matt Gibson
28th July 2009, 01:12 PM
matt40k

Windows Server 2008 comes with built in support... assuming that's an option.
28th July 2009, 01:31 PM
Michael

PHP in IIS6 does work fine. It shouldn't make any difference whether Windows is 32bit or 64bit. There are lots of guides available to talk you through it!
31st July 2009, 10:27 AM
MattGibson

But that's the only difference, I've set-up all this before on our old server. I've installed a new server running Exchange 2007 & IIS6 but i can for the life of me get it to work.

Followed all the on-line walk-through's step by step!!

Any suggestions would be great?
31st July 2009, 10:46 AM
FN-GM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattGibson

But that's the only difference, I've set-up all this before on our old server. I've installed a new server running Exchange 2007 & IIS6 but i can for the life of me get it to work.

Followed all the on-line walk-through's step by step!!

Any suggestions would be great?

might be best off opening a new post and describing the problem better
31st July 2009, 11:15 AM
mac_shinobi

not sure if its safe to do this but couldn't you just use WAMP ?

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

Not sure if you wanna do that on a server though ?
31st July 2009, 11:19 AM
MattGibson

Yeah that's what i thought it might be my only option..........
31st July 2009, 11:36 AM
mac_shinobi

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattGibson

Yeah that's what i thought it might be my only option..........

If you check in the event viewer ( administrative tools --> event viewer ) are there any errors relating to IIS or PHP or anything ?

If so whats the event ID and description ?
31st July 2009, 11:50 AM
FN-GM

IIS7 is much easier to install PHP and get it working....