Posted by ~john on 07/13/06 00:44

I already did that when I first installed PHP... I've installed PHP
many many times on both Windows and Linux systems.

~john


ImOk wrote:
> Follow these steps for Windows
>
> Click Start
> Right Click on My Computer and Click Properties
> Choose Advanced from the Tabs
> Click Environmenr Variables
> In the bottom window labeled System Variables look for PATH
> Highlight PATH and click Edit
> At the end of the path settings add the following assuming php is in
> the c:\php folder.
>
> ;c:\php
>
> (Caution: Dont erase anything else that was there!
>
> Just in case, check if there is already a path for PHP in the path
> settings before you add it.
> )
>
> Click Ok until you exit everything.
>
> Restart your computer.
>
>
>
>
> ~john wrote:
> > As the installation txt suggests, I have left my php.ini file inside
> > the c:\php directory... but running phpinfo() shows that my php.ini
> > file is in c:\windows as shown below.
> >
> > Configuration File (php.ini path) - C:\WINDOWS
> >
> > Well there is no php.ini file in my windows directory, so I'm not sure
> > where it's getting it's configuration settings from... unless I suppose
> > they're built into the executable somewhere if no php.ini file is
> > found. My questions is - why php is not locating my php.ini file that
> > is located in the c:\php directory? I'd rather not move it to the
> > windows directory so I can keep everything nice and tidy like the
> > installation file suggests.
> >
> > BTW - This is a brand new laptop I'm installing PHP on so there is (I
> > just double checked) no PHP.ini file in the c:\windows directory. The
> > path is set to include c:\php... and opening a DOS prompt and typing
> > "php" is a recognizable command regardless of my current directory.
> > This is the 2nd machine I have had this same problem with. I'm still
> > confused...
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > thanks

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