baggam Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I am new to PHP. My laptop has Win XP, IIS installed. Now downloaded PHP binary zip file for version 5.2.9 and trying to install. First unzipped the file into D:/PHP. Found msiexec.exe file in windows/system32 folder. First opened command window and at D:/PHP> I typed msiexec.exe /i php-VERSION-win32-install.msi /q INSTALLDIR=D:/PHP5 but nothing happened. I am confused what what is the problem. Onething, I confirmed that there is no file called php-VERSION-win32-install.msi. Can some fellow member guide me how to install php. Thanks in advance SRIDHAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 There is no install program (php-VERSION-win32-install.msi) within the binary zip, it is used for a manual install. The process is relatively simple if you follow these steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggam Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thank you for your prompt help. I am trying to do manual install PHP, but it appears greek for me. But there is mention about windows installer at the site. Can you comment on the procedure given in the link. Thanks again SRIDHAR There is no install program (php-VERSION-win32-install.msi) within the binary zip, it is used for a manual install. The process is relatively simple if you follow these steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Why don't you just download the one-click exe/msi? There's no point in trying to compile it yourself unless you're actually going to modify it in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Why don't you just download the one-click exe/msi? There's no point in trying to compile it yourself unless you're actually going to modify it in some way. No one said anything about compiling anything. The binary zip file contains pre-compiled binaries, all you need do is put them in the correct place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Oh, I thought he'd downloaded the source and was attempting to compile it. Pardon me. But yeah, the same logic applies, why not just download the exe/msi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 The automatic installer is known to suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 How come? I use it...seems fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 In seemingly random situations it entirely screws up. They might have fixed it in recent releases, but it used to be quite a pain. Also, it only installs extensions checked, so people usually end up downloading the zip later anyway to get a certain extension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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