Hey,

 

So I seem to run into this all the time…. What is the best way to get php working on IIS 7.5?  Every dang time I try to set up a IIS webserver for php it is like pulling teeth to get it to work for some reason.  All the sets of instructions and such I have read seem extremely clear and simple and make it sound like a no brainer to get it going…however it never seems to work!  The one in particular I am trying to set up right now I used these instructions…  http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/246/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis-7/ using FastCGI.  As far as I know the instructions for IIS7 are the same on 7.5.

 

I just went in on the server to try something and came across something that mentioned that on a x64 system you need to configure app pools ot run in x86 mode (since PHP is x86.... couldnt seem to find a x64 version)... so thinking... AHAA!!  I tried it but it was much less exciting than I expected because it still didnt work.  In IIS Mangler, I mean...Manager... I highligted app pools and in the actions pane clicked set application pool defaults, set the enable 32 bit setting to true....for good measure I even set this on each individual app pool also.  No dice.

 

I cant believe this is so difficult...or I am so stupid to not be able to easily get this seemingly simple thing off the ground!

 

Does anyone have any ideas??  I am at a loss!

 

here is the error I am getting relating to FastCGI...

 

HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error

C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe - The FastCGI process exited unexpectedly

Module	FastCgiModule
Notification	ExecuteRequestHandler
Handler	PHP via FastCGI
Error Code	0x000000ff

 

 

 

Ehren J. Benson, MCSE

Windows Systems Administrator

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Michigan State University

1209 A Biomed Phys Sci

 

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