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well Wamp loaded and runs fine on my laptop. I tried looking over the config and changed my windows 2k server's config accordingly but still apache crashes on load since it cant find the module. I'm thinking about whipping all traces of apache off my win 2k server and trying to install wamp again. The only question I have about wamp is, why cant I access it from any other computers on my network. I looked in the config and I see allow from all so shouldn't I be able to visit?

well i'm no noob to installing php to IIS or any other windows server software its just for some reason php5 does not want to work with apache2 for me. Even when I install Wamp or Xamp like I've already mentioned. This is kinda why I made the thread since the config file makes perfect sense, its just not working. As for php cgi and php cli. Its true I'm not exactly sure what each one is for. I'm guessing from the looks of it the cgi one is used to treat php files as programs (ie. #! in linux) and the php.exe is used to just read it as a script. If I'm wrong someone please correct me and explain. Right now I plan to do as steviewdr said and try installing a fresh copy of apache2 and php5 on my laptop to see how that goes. If it works then theirs definitely something wrong with my windows 2k server.

that was there when I downloaded apache. As for the name of the config file. Sorry I changed the name when I was uploading it. It really is httpd.conf on my server too. I made the change and still got the error "missing file". Can someone send me a fresh apache2 httpd.conf  with php 5 installed in it correctly. Have it so php is located in the c:/php/php folder and the module is located in the same php folder. Make sure php5 works on your server then just attack the config here. Much thanks in advanced.

hmm ive been connecting to it via my DNS name myname:5122 when I do that I still get access to html files and whatnot its just php thats not loading. So are you saying in the settings I have php set to only run for local use? If so can you check my config file (its attacked to one of my posts before this one).

I already said I tried that along with xamp. I get the same problems, with wamp I get white pages or errors saying permission denied.

damn it i've tryed everything and still get errors or apache wont start. It dosnt seem to be abail to find the module anywhere I put it :(. When I comment out the module and just run it and then visit a php file I get this error: Not Found The requested URL /mysite/index.php was not found on this server.

Hmm well php isn't corrupt since it works fine on any other server software I run. I didn't use an installer for it. I tried changing the cgi to just php.exe and I get a page is missing (not the exact error). Like I said in the first post i've tried several different versions of apache all with their own config and they all do the same thing. They either don't allow me to few contents in folders or they give off that php error as posted above. So I have started with a fresh config file before. Any other ideas? This is frustrating as hell lol.

error log is fulled with "client denied by server configuration C:/php/php-5.1.2-Win32/php-5.1.2-Win32, referer: http://mysite:5122 " This is weird since in the config I don't have php-5.1.2-Win32 back to back like that. Anyway what do you guys suggest I do? change it from the cgi version to just php.exe? The only reason I used cgi was due to other web server software in the past that required me to use it. I wasn't sure what one to use on apache. Also on a side note when I try and load the dll file apache wont start. I get service starting and then an error saying apache service could not be started. So when I comment out the load module apache starts fine. Here the load module line. LoadModule php5_module c:/php/php-5.1.2-Win32/php5apache2.dll

hmm interesting enough after I restarted it and the computer server 5 times I now see everything thats in the root web folder. Yes, it does run a plain html/htm file. However any page that needs php it gives off [b]Forbidden You don't have permission to access /php/php-5.1.2-Win32/php-cgi.exe/sitename/index.php on this server.[/b] Any ideas now? If you open my config file thats attached and search for php-5.1.2-Win32 you should find where I tried to add it. I'm not sure if I did it right though. Also on a side note how would I add aliases?

Well I tryed pointing it to a folder that had index.php ( I added it to the config) and I ended up getting a new error. Forbidden You don't have permission to access /php/php-5.1.2-Win32/php-cgi.exe/sitename/index.php on this server. So I guess we are getting closer. Here is my config file. http://www.freefileupload.net/file.php?file=files/041206/1165269920/https.conf

The message I get is Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. :(

Hello, I've been trying to get apache to run on my windows 2000 server and for some reason no matter what I do I cannot visit any sites within my web root folder. I've tryed using Apache 2.0, the old Apache and Xamp and I get all the same results. From reading Apache's faq the error means that its somthing to do with permissions. So my only guess is that I have to set permissions for each folder? So I'm here asking if anyone knows what I really need to do before I go ripping my windows security settings to hell. Much thanks in advanced.