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Upgrade from PHP 5.2.9-1 ISAPI to PHP 5.3.0 FastCGI on IIS 6 not working

Asked by: shtaffa

I need to upgrade my IIS6 weber server from PHP 5.2.9-1 to 5.3.0.  As I'm sure you know, there is no ISAPI module for 5.3.0.

On my first attempt, I downloaded and installed FastCGI and then installed PHP 5.3.0, selecting the IIS FastCGI configuration method.  After a quick restart to the IIS Admin service, I would get an error that would say that a module could not be found.  I went into the Web Service Extensions in inetmgr and opened up the properties for the php extension.  Sure enough, the PHP ISAPI module is listed there.  Since is no longer existed on the hard drive, I was sure this was what was causing my problem.  I removed that file from the list of required files, restarted IIS and got nothing more than a 404 error.

I removed 5.3.0 and reinstalled 5.2.9-1.  I then followed the instructions found here:
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/247/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis-60/

I was again met with the module not found error.  I once again removed the references to the ISAPI modeul from the php extension in IIS and it was 404's again.

Help please!

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2009-08-15 at 08:05:19ID24655224
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PHP

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ISAPI

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FastCGI

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IIS

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IIS6

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5.2.9-1

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5.3.0

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upgrade

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PHP Installation

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Microsoft IIS Web Server

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PHP Scripting Language

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Answers

 

by: routinetPosted on 2009-08-15 at 22:05:47ID: 25107834

A 404 is page not found.  Are you sure you are browsing to an existing page?  If you are browsing to a directory, make sure you have a default document that exists, or have indexing turned on.

 

by: shtaffaPosted on 2009-08-17 at 07:16:27ID: 25114633

The page that I'm trying to open exists.  I never changed the default document in IIS.  It is set to index.php and that file is present the in the root of the web page.

 

by: routinetPosted on 2009-08-17 at 13:40:39ID: 25118183

Can you browse to HTML files?  If you have indexing turned on, can you see a directory index?

 

by: shtaffaPosted on 2009-08-17 at 13:46:18ID: 25118228

Yes.  I am able to open htm/html files in a browser.

 

by: routinetPosted on 2009-08-17 at 17:07:53ID: 25119353

Do you have the PHP FastCGI exe allowed on the web extensions section of IIS?  Does the web service user or application identity have access to that directory?

 

by: shtaffaPosted on 2009-09-15 at 05:29:18ID: 25334080

Unfortunately I have been unable to get back to working on this until two nights ago.  There had to be something wrong with my installation of IIS.  I removed and reinstalled IIS, installed PHP 5.3.0, ran the fastcgi configuration script and configured IIS as suggested in the link I posted in my initial post.  Everything works great.

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