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 Posted by RCM on 01/02/07 04:11 
I am really eager to quit the Microsoft world and get into LAMP. For 
the immediate future I can't do the Apache part, so I am at least 
trying to get PHP up and running under IIS to learn it. 
 
I used the windows installer .msi to install PHP on a WinXP pro 
machine with IIS 5.1. 
 
My current problem is that when I access a test page as in 
http://localhost/simple.php I get the message "The specified module 
could not be found." 
 
In searching groups, Google, etc., I have found many other users 
reporting this issue and I have found many suggested solutions. Most 
relate to things like setting up the ISAPI filter, access to the 
php5isapi.dll file, etc. I've tried to follow all those instructions 
and still can't get it to work. But so many people have reported the 
same problem that I'm hoping I'm just doing something really stupid 
that is easy to fix. 
 
More details: 
 
I installed PHP using the .msi to "c:\program files\php". My php.ini 
is in that same folder. That folder is in my PATH environment 
variable. 
 
Based on other usenet articles I've read, I've made three changes to 
my php.ini: 
doc_root = c:\Inetpub\wwwroot 
extension_dir =C:\Program Files\PHP\ext 
; **You CAN safely turn this off for IIS, in fact, you MUST.** 
cgi.force_redirect = 0 
 
In IIS, for the default web site, ISAPI filters tab, I have one item 
listed: Filter Name is PHP and status shows a green upward pointing 
arrow. If I edit this filter, I have filter name = PHP and executable 
= c:\program files\php\php5 
 
In IIS, under the Home Directory tab, Configuration button, I have 
tons of items listed in "Application Mappings" but I assume the only 
pertinent one is the one that says Extension = .php and Executable 
Path = c:\program files\php\php5isapi.dll. 
 
As for security, I have gotten so frustrated that I have granted user 
Everyone full access to the c:\program files\php folder and its 
contents. 
 
If I have the file "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\simple.htm" with contents: 
 
<html>Hello from simple.htm</html> 
 
it displays fine in the browser. 
 
If I create a file "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\simple.php" with contents 
 
<html>Hello from simple.php</html> 
 
and try to load it in the browser, I get a page with source 
 
<html><head><title>Error</title></head><body>The specified module 
could not be found. </body></html> 
 
returned. 
 
Who is generating this page? Is this coming from PHP? Or IIS? Or what? 
 
Is there anything further I can do to isolate the problem. *Which* 
specified module is not being found? Any further troubleshooting 
suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 
 
Thanks.
 
  
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