Re: [PHP-INSTALL] Apache not finding PHP Module

No it's a valid problem and it's not clutter. Someone else 
might have a similar problem like this, and find the answer 
here.

Thans for taking the time to post the solution to your 
problem.

Kind Regards,

Keith

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On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, [email protected] wrote:

> To: Lester Caine <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [PHP-INSTALL] Apache not finding PHP Module
> 
> OH! As it turns out, I looked at the manual install instructions more 
> carefully and discovered that php5apache2_2.dll is not included in the 
> non-thread-safe version, so instead of downloading
> VC6x86 Non Thread Safe
> I downloaded
> VC6x86 Thread Safe
>
> It compiles correctly now.  Apparently you can't just copy and paste 
> php5apache2_2.dll from the Thread Safe version into your Non Thread Safe 
> version and expect it to work. It also appears that Apache 2.2.x does not 
> like the Non Thread Safe version of PHP 5.3.  Go figure.
>
> So, in conclusion, this is what works for me:
> Install the V6 THREAD SAFE version of PHP 5.3
> add the following in the specified locations of httpd.conf, replacing 
> %phpdir% with the directory to your installation of PHP:
>
> #At the end of the LoadModule section----
> Loadfile %phpdir%/php5ts.dll
> LoadModule php5_module %phpdir%/php5apache2_2.dll
> PHPIniDir %phpdir%
>
> #Inside the <IfModule mod_mime.c>----
> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
> AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
>
> #At the end of the file:
> AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
> AddHandler application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
>
> #If you want the handler to only handle files that END in .php, add this to 
> the end:
> <FilesMatch \.php$>
>   SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
> </FilesMatch>
>
> I suppose that it might work if you appended all of this (in the order they 
> appear in the list) to the end of the file, it might work as well, but it 
> works for me now and I'm not going to mess it up. I apologize for cluttering 
> the mailing-list, if you consider this clutter.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 5:10 PM
> To: "Lester Caine" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [PHP-INSTALL] Apache not finding PHP Module
>
>> This is the full path to the PHP module (assuming that the flash drive is 
>> read as the F:/ drive):
>> F:/Apache/PHP/
>> I manually installed PHP in this directory.  I'm going to reinstall PHP 
>> again, just to make sure I did everything right.
>> This is what I am downloading:
>> PHP 5.3 (5.3.2)
>> VC6 x86 Non Thread Safe (2010-Mar-04 20:11:06)
>> found at: 
>> <http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-5.3.2-nts-Win32-VC6-x86.zip>
>> 
>> I am extracting it to F:/Apache/PHP/
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Lester Caine" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:45 AM
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [PHP-INSTALL] Apache not finding PHP Module
>> 
>>> Jonny Dahm wrote:
>>>> Hello! I've been working with HTML and PHP for a few weeks now.  For the
>>>> times leading up to now, I've been working at home on my Windows 7
>>>> computer and IIS. I had PHP up and running on my laptop perfectly fine,
>>>> but I wanted to work with PHP at school, too. I decided the best way to
>>>> do that is have the server on my flashdrive, and that Apache was the
>>>> best choice. I got it working and portable (amazingly), but when I
>>>> attempted to add a PHP handler, it wouldn't run. This is the error
>>>> message I get:
>>>> 
>>>> httpd.exe: Syntax error on line 500 of F:/Apache/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot
>>>> load F:/Apache/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll into server: The specified module
>>>> could not be found.
>>>> 
>>>> This is exactly what I added to httpd.conf:
>>>> # PHP 5
>>>> Loadfile "PHP/php5.dll"
>>>> 
>>>> # Load the module
>>>> LoadModule php5_module "PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"
>>>> 
>>>> # configure the path to php.ini
>>>> PHPIniDir "PHP/"
>>> 
>>> So where IS PHP?
>>> The above settings do assume it is in F:/Apache/PHP, but obviously it is 
>>> somewhere else - and I would guess F:/PHP if all you have done is 
>>> installed using the defaults. So just need the F:/ adding ...
>>> 
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>> 
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