[chiPHPug-discuss] New PHP Installation

[Roderick D. T. <tho...@ms...>]

I'm trying to install Apache/PHP/MySql on my computer (Windows XP) strictly for development purposes.  I installed Apache 2.2.14 and it appears to be working fine.  I get the "it's working" page at http://localhost/

I then installed PHP 5.3.0 but .php pages aren't being recognized.  I've been reading through support Apache and PHP support pages with no luck.  I tried follow instructions below from the PHP install.txt file:

Installing as an Apache module

You should add the following lines to your Apache httpd.conf file:

Example 2-3. PHP as an Apache 1.3.x module

This assumes PHP is installed to c:\php. Adjust the path if this is not
the case.

For PHP 5:
# Add to the end of the LoadModule section
LoadModule php5_module "C:/php/php5apache.dll"
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I inserted the following line but Apache didn't like it.  Apache won't restart when it's there.  
LoadModule php5_module C:\Program Files\PHP\php5apache.dll

And I can't make sense of the rest of the instructions.
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# Add to the end of the AddModule section
AddModule mod_php5.c

For both:
# Add this line inside the <IfModule mod_mime.c> conditional brace
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

# For syntax highlighted .phps files, also add
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps