Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Windows 8 PHP 5.4.11 Installation with IIS8 Integration Easy Visual-Guide

The Visual-Guide Show Step-by-Step How-to Install the Latest PHP 5.4.11 Release on Windows 8 with IIS 8 Integration.

If Clearly and Simply Executed the IIS8 + PHP5 Integration on Windows 8 Do Not Results Much Complicated and It Do Not Really Need of Any Helping Tool Like you Find Publicized on Various Tutorial Out There...

You Need Only to Know How-to Execute the Correct Steps to Get It Done!

This Article Show Just the PHP Installation Part but Below you Find Link to Foolowing Steps.

To Make the Entire Process Easier to Visualize and Retain the Article Includes the Basic Screenshots of the Essentials Steps Involved.

The Content and Details are Expressly Reduced to Give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands and Make Tut more Easy & Digestive ;)

PHP Elephant Through Windows
  1. Download PHP 5.4.11 for Windows

    PHP 5.4.11 NTS .ZIP
  2. Extracting PHP5 .zip Archive Into C:\php

    Windows 8 Extracting PHP5 Archive Windows 8 Extracting PHP5 Archive - Path
  3. Right-Click on php.development.ini > Rename As php.ini

    Windows 8 Renaming php.development.ini
  4. Right-Click on php.ini > Edit with Notepad

    Windows 8 Edit php.ini with Notepad
  5. Set or Uncomment the Following Entries
    • doc_root = "c:\inetpub\wwwroot"
    • extension_dir = "ext"
    • cgi.force_redirect = 0
    • date.timezone = "America/Los_Angeles"

      PHP Supported Timezones

    Save Changes

  6. Open Command Prompt Window
    • Switch to Start View

      Just Pressing "Cmd" Key

    • Search for Command Prompt

      Just Typing "command"

      Win8 Command Prompt
  7. Test PHP Installation
    cd c:\php
    php -i

    Command Equivalent of phpinfo()...

    php -m

    List of Loaded PHP Modules.

  8. IIS 8 FastCGI PHP Integration

    IIS 8 + PHP Integration Setup
  9. Windows 8 IIS 8 How-to Enable PHP Tidy and Other Modules

    IIS 8 Enabling PHP Tidy