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Thanks Thorpe. I will try that and keep yo posted. Now, when I pull up one of those instances, I should get the display of configuration details, correct?

I appreciate it if I can get help setting up PHP. I downloaded it to the path c:/php and don't see a php.ini file to configure. I only see php.ini-production and php.ini-development. I've rebooted several times with the same results. Please advise. Thanks!

According to the book I'm using, I've installed Apache2.2, PHP5.3, and MySQL, and am now testing the PHP installation. The MySQL installation seems to be working fine. However, when I test PHP with the usual phpinfo.php file, which I placed in the htdocs folder of my apache2 folder (per the instructions), it does not work when I type the URL in the web browser. Here's the URL I'm using: http://localhost/phpinfo.php I suspect it has to do with the Apache service not started, so when I checked, it indeed was not started. When I click to Start the service, I get and error message that reads: "Windows could not start the Apache2.2 on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 1." Any guidance on how to get this resolved? Thanks! Oh, I did also try the URL http://localhost/phpinfo.php.txt with no luck either. And my IIS service (probably don't need it if I'm running Apache with PHP but I installed it anyway) doesn't seem to be all there, though it appeared to have installed correctly. For instance, on the IIS console, I see no place to click on to in order to change the Handler Mappings. To access the IIS console, I used the command inetmgr after going to Start, then Run. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi shergold. Thanks much for the response! I tried what you said: Turned off IIS and was prompted to reboot the computer, which I did. When it came back on, I checked the services and discovered both IIS and Apache were started. So, I stopped IIS - this time, I was not prompted to reboot. I tried the URL again. This time, it just pulls up my PHP script exactly as I wrote it in Notepad: <?php phpinfo(); ?> For good measure, I restarted the Apache service - no change when I re-entered the URL. WAMP is strange ...

According to the book I'm using, I've installed Apache2.2, PHP5.3, and MySQL, and am now testing the PHP installation. The MySQL installation seems to be working fine. However, when I test PHP with the usual phpinfo.php file, which I placed in the htdocs folder of my apache2 folder (per the instructions), it does not work when I type the URL in the web browser. Here's the URL I'm using: http://localhost/phpinfo.php I suspect it has to do with the Apache service not started, so when I checked, it indeed was not started. When I click to Start the service, I get and error message that reads: "Windows could not start the Apache2.2 on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 1." Any guidance on how to get this resolved? Thanks! Oh, I did also try the URL http://localhost/phpinfo.php.txt with no luck either. And my IIS service (probably don't need it if I'm running Apache with PHP but I installed it anyway) doesn't seem to be all there, though it appeared to have installed correctly. For instance, on the IIS console, I see no place to click on to in order to change the Handler Mappings. To access the IIS console, I used the command inetmgr after going to Start, then Run. Any help would be greatly appreciated!