Problem starting Apache 2.2.14 after installing PHP 5.2.12

[moyse]

I installed PHP 5.2.12 on windows VISTA with Apache 2.2.14.

 

After installing PHP I cannot start Apache, I get error

‘The requested operation has failed.’

 

In the error log file I get this

[sun Dec 20 22:28:14 2009] [warn] pid file C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?

 

When I run the Test Configuration, it runs and disappears with no problems.

 

If I delete the PHP part (see below) in the Apache config file it works but doesn’t load PHP files.

#BEGIN PHP INSTALLER EDITS - REMOVE ONLY ON UNINSTALL

PHPIniDir "C:/Program Files/PHP/"

LoadModule php5_module "C:/Program Files/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"

#END PHP INSTALLER EDITS - REMOVE ONLY ON UNINSTALL

 

Can anyone help?  Anything else I can check/test?

 

[molave]

Wow, it's eerie how similar my problem is to yours. Every detail is the same. Have you figured it out? I'd appreciate some insight. Thanks

[wildteen88]

Uninstall PHP and delete the C:/Program Files/PHP folder if its left behind. Also remove the following lines from the httpd.conf.

#BEGIN PHP INSTALLER EDITS - REMOVE ONLY ON UNINSTALL
PHPIniDir "C:/Program Files/PHP/"
LoadModule php5_module "C:/Program Files/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"
#END PHP INSTALLER EDITS - REMOVE ONLY ON UNINSTALL

 

Go to http://php.net/downloads and download the PHP Zip distribution instead. Extract the zip file to C:\PHP.

 

Add the following lines to Apache's httpd.conf file (at the bottom will do)

LoadModule php5_module "C:/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"
PHPIniDir "C:/PHP"

 

Add PHP to the PATH Environment Variable.

 

Restart Apache. Apache should now be be running fine and be configured with PHP. To test go to C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs and delete any files in that folder. Create a new file called info.php and add the following code to it

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Now open you web browser and go to http://localhost/info.php

 

You should see page generated about PHP's configuration. PHP is now setup with Apache. To configure PHP go to C:\PHP and rename the file named php.ini-recommended to just php.ini.

 

Dont forget to restart Apache after you have made any changes to the httpd.conf or php.ini

<?php phpinfo(); ?>