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 Date           10 Aug, 2000
 Purpose        Notes for installation of Apache & PHP on Win32
 Author         Shanx (feel free to write to me at shanx@shanx.com)
 Versions       The software versions this install readme doc 
                refers to: 
                1.  Apache 1.3.12 -- http://httpd.apache.org/dist/
                2.  PHP 4 Win -- 4.02, get it from www.php4win.de
                    The version I am talking about was compiled on 
                    on 8 Aug, 2000
                3.  Also download the manual.zip from www.php.net   
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R E C O M M E N D E D   S E Q U E N C E   O F   I N S T A L L A T I O N:

1.  Apache (Just run the file apache_1_3_12_win32.exe) -- from www.apache.org

    By default, the Win32 binary installation for Apache will install Apache web
    server into the folder "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache" if the default
    drive is C:, for instance. It is recommended to change this path to 
    something more straight-forward such as "C:\Apache" during the installation
    process. Spaces in the names of folders sometimes lead to problems. 


2.  PHP (Unzip the php-4.0.2-Win32.zip file and follow instructions in the 
    README.TXT file)

3.  Manual (Unzip the php-4-manual.zip file and view manual.htm). A few quick 
    steps are needed for PHP4 to be configured with Apache, and these are 
    described in the manual. The procedure that worked for me, where I install 
    PHP as a module, is described below. 

4.  For reference, please take a look at the sample HTTPD.CONF file which is the
    central config file for Apache and typically sits in the folder 
    "\{Apache}\Conf". You can get it from http://shanx.com/php/httpd.conf.txt


P H P   I N S T A L L   P R O C E D U R E ETC.
The one that works for me.

   - Install Apache 1.3.12 into c:\Apache
   
   - Create a subfolder called "mod_php4" in the modules folder of Apache
        c:\Apache\modules\mod_php4
        
   - Extract (unzip) all PHP4-Files (from www.php4win.de) into 
     c:\Apache\modules\mod_php4

   - Edit php.ini in c:\Apache\modules\mod_php4 --
     Change the line "extension=php_gd.dll" to ";extension=php_gd.dll"
     This is to disable the GD module as it not very stable 

   - Copy php.ini c:\windows\system32, or to C:\windows

   - Edit the file c:\Apache\conf\httpd.conf to include the following lines:
   

	#---------------------------------------------------------
	# THE PHP DIRECTORY STUFF
	#---------------------------------------------------------
	LoadModule php4_module modules/mod_php4/sapi/php4apache.dll
	AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4 .php .phtml
	AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

    
   OK, all files are setup up, now for the services:
   I have added two Path to the Path-Enviroment

   c:\Apache\modules and
   c:\Apache\modules\mod_php4
   
   - In Windows NT/2k, just right click on MY COMPUTER and look for "ENVIRONMENT"
   - In Windows 9x, START-->RUN-->SYSEDIT, and modify the autoexec.bat to add 
     these paths