I need help getting php and pear to work correctly on my xp?

Question

I've worked on php until I discovered that a lot of my code was not be interrupred correctly. I went out and downloaded all the extensions with php5. I now spend many hour posting and reading all I can find to solve my problems, only to find inoperative extensions and a line of other people having the same problems. I know it must work, but I can't seem to get a handle on whats the proper way to deal with the issue of proper extension install and the compatabillity with my XP machine. The php ini and I have become close friends I need the right instructions to operate effectively. mysql which works and Apache which fights me to run but work well at least with CGI that is. I now have only php which gives me fits.I will continue to try to solve this problem hopefully soon so I can continue to learn php programming.

There is also my phpedit that will report errors with inoperable extensions? All I need is extensions that work php_dbg.dll, php_bz.dll,php_extname.dll;

ironfoot495

Answer 1

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http://www.mysql.com/

http://www.php.net/

http://httpd.apache.org/

Answer 2

Not sure what your question is : but if you are trying to install php you shouldn't install it as CGI. Use the Apache module. Here are the steps :

1 :Install Apahce,PHP and mysql

2: edit C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf and add :

LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

PHPIniDir "C:/php"

3 :edit C:\php\php.ini

;extension=php_mysql.dll to extension=php_mysql.dll

4 : restart apache

That should do the trick