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1. Configure IIS

Control Panel | Programs | Turn Windows features on or off

Check Internet Information Services
Check IIS | World Wide Web Services | Application Development Features | CGI
OK

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2. Install the NTS (non-thread safe) 64-bit version of PHP

Download and save onto the machine:

http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-7.x.x-nts-Win32-VC14-x64.zip

Extract all the contents of the zip file to C:\PHP

Now edit the System PATH variable so IIS knows where the PHP executables are:

Control Panel | System and Security | System | Advanced System Settings
Environment Variables
System Variables | Path | Edit
New -> C:\PHP

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3. Configure the php.ini file. This is the part you’d never figure out without some help.

Make a copy of file C:\PHP\php.ini-development and save it as C:\PHP\php.ini

Edit file php.ini by finding the following entries, uncomment them, and change values to:

1. fastcgi.impersonate = 1
2. cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0
3. cgi.force_redirect = 0
4. open_basedir = “C:\inetpub\wwwroot”
5. extension_dir = “ext”
6. error_log=”php_errors.log”
7. uncomment the 24 Windows Extensions entries:

extension=php_bz2.dll
extension=php_curl.dll
extension=php_fileinfo.dll
extension=php_ftp.dll
extension=php_gd2.dll
extension=php_gettext.dll
extension=php_gmp.dll
extension=php_intl.dll
extension=php_imap.dll
extension=php_interbase.dll
extension=php_ldap.dll
extension=php_mbstring.dll
extension=php_exif.dll
extension=php_mysqli.dll
extension=php_oci8_12c.dll
extension=php_openssl.dll
extension=php_pdo_firebird.dll
extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
extension=php_pdo_oci.dll
extension=php_pdo_odbc.dll
extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll
extension=php_pgsql.dll
extension=php_shmop.dll

Save the edited php.ini file.

4. Configure IIS to work with PHP

Run | inetmgr
Handler Mappings | Add Module Mapping

Request path: *.php
Module: FastCgiModule (from the dropdown)
Executable (optional): C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe
Name: FastCGI

OK (Yes)

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5. Test the installation and configuration

Launch Notepad with Administrative privleges. Create a file test.php and save it at C:\inetpub\wwwroot. The contents are (I use an image because my blog software would choke on HTML text):

Now launch a browser and navigate to

http://localhost/test.php

First, we need to access the PHP website for Windows.

Locate and download the Non-Thread Safe (NTS) versions of PHP.

In our example, the following file was downloaded: php-7.2.9-nts-Win32-VC15-x86.zip.

Create a directory named PHP on the root of your C drive.

Extract the content of the file inside the PHP folder.

PHP for Windows requires the installation of a specific version of Microsoft Visual Studio.

In our example, we downloaded the PHP package build VC15.

PHP Build VC 15 requires the installation of the Microsoft Visual Studio version 2017.

Download and install Microsoft Visual Studio version 2017 x86.

After finishing the Visual Studio installation, we need to add the PHP directory to the PATH environment variable.

Access the System properties window.

Access the Advanced tab and click on the Environment variables button.

Select the PATH variable and click on the Edit button.

Add the PHP directory to the end of the PATH variable value.

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;C:\PHP

Open the Windows explorer application and access the PHP folder.

Locate the file named PHP.INI-PRODUCTION.

Rename PHP.INI-PRODUCTION to PHP.INI

Edit the file named PHP.INI.

Here is the original file, before our configuration:

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; date.timezone =

; fastcgi.impersonate = 1

; cgi.fix_pathinfo=1

; cgi.force_redirect = 1

; extension_dir = "ext"

; extension=bz2

; extension=curl

; extension=gd2

; extension=ldap

; extension=mbstring

; extension=mysqli

; extension=openssl

Here is the file, after our configuration.

Keep in mind that your timezone file may not be the same as mine.

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date.timezone = America/Sao_Paulo

fastcgi.impersonate = 1

cgi.fix_pathinfo=1

cgi.force_redirect = 0

extension_dir = "ext"

extension=bz2

extension=curl

extension=gd2

extension=ldap

extension=mbstring

extension=mysqli

extension=openssl

Test the PHP installation.

Open a DOS command prompt and enter the following command.

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C:\> php -info

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phpinfo()

PHP Version => 7.2.9

System => Windows NT TECH-DC01 6.3 build 9600 (Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard dition) i586

Build Date => Aug 15 2018 23:05:53

Compiler => MSVC15 (Visual C++ 2017)

Architecture => x86

Congratulations! you installed PHP on the Windows server.

Tutorial – IIS Installation on Windows

Open the Server Manager application.

Access the Manage menu and click on Add roles and features.

Access the Server roles screen, select the Web Server (IIS) option and click on the Next button.

On the following screen, click on the Add features button.

On the IIS service screen, select the CGI option and finish the installation.

The IIS server was installed on your computer but we still need to configure the PHP integration.

Open the IIS manager application and access the Handler Mappings option.

On the right part of the screen, select the option named: Add Module Mapping.

On the Module mapping screen, you will have to enter the following information:

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• Request Path - *.php

• Module - FastCGIModule

• Executable - C:\php\php-cgi.exe

• Name - PHP

Click on the button named: Request Restrictions.

Select the File or Folder option and click on the OK button.

Click on the OK button.

If the following message is presented, click on the Yes button.

Now, we need to configure IIS to accept index.php as a default page.

Open the IIS manager application and access the Default Document option.

On the right part of the screen, select the option named: Add…

On the Add default document window, you will have to enter the following information:

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• index.php

To finish the installation you need to restart the IIS service.

Right click on the server name on the top left part of the screen and select the option Stop.

Right click on the server name on the top left part of the screen and select the option Start.

Congratulations! You have installed PHP on the Windows server.

The IIS server is now supporting the use of PHP.

Testing Your PHP installation on Windows IIS

Open the notepad application and create a document named test.php

This document should be placed inside the WWWROOT folder.

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<?php

phpinfo();

?>

Open your browser and enter the IP address of your IIS web server plus /test.php

In our example, the following URL was entered in the Browser:

• http://35.162.85.57/test.php

The following content should be presented.

The PHP installation on IIS was tested successfully.

• Click Internet Information Services
• Click World Wide Web Services
• Click Application Development Features
• Tick CGI

• Wait for the changes to be applied.

Step 2: Download PHP

• Go to: https://windows.php.net/download/.
• Choose 64 bit version. It should be Non Thread Safe, because it is recommended for IIS.
• Click Zip, to download.

• Extract Zip folder to C:.
• Name it PHP.

Step 3: Configure PHP.ini

• Open PHP folder.
• Copy php.ini-production file & Paste there in the same directory.

• Rename the copied file as php.ini.

• Right click on the php.ini file(php). Note that the extension .ini will  not be visible.
• Open with Notepad.

• -Press Ctrl + F5 to open search box.
• Use Up & Down radio buttons, because some of the lines are at top and some are at middle and some are at bottom.
• “;” is a comment symbol. It means such lines will not be executed.
• Find the lines below in your php.ini, remove the “;” symbol from their start and make the changes, which I have made.
• Save these changes as well.

Find — extension_dir = “./” —  Replace with —  extension_dir = “C:PHPext”
Find — fastcgi.impersonate=0 — Replace with —  fastcgi.impersonate=1
Find — cgi.fix_pathinfo=0 — Replace with —  cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
Find — cgi.force_redirect=1 Replace with — cgi.force_redirect=0
Find — error_log = php_errors.log (remove “;“)

Find these lines below and remove only  (“;“) from their start.

extension=curl
extension=gd2
extension=mbstring
extension=mysqli
extension=pdo_mysql

extension=xmlrpc

• Press Ctrl + S to save the changes.

Step 4: Configure The Environment Variables

• Click Control Panel
• Click System and Security

• Click System

• Click Advanced system settings

• Click Environmental Variables

• Select Path & click Edit under the System variables Label.

• Click New.

• Type C:PHP
• Click OK

Step 5: Configure IIS

• Type IIS on Windows Search Bar or Type Run.
• Click Run.

• Type inetmgr
• Click OK

• Click Handler Mappings.

• Click Add Module Mapping

• On request path: type *.php
• On Module, select FastCgiModule from dropdown menu
• On Executable, browse: C:PHPphp-cgi.exe
• Name it anything, type FastCGI
• Click OK.

Step 6: Test The PHP Version

• On Windows Search Bar Type CMD
• Right click on it and select as Run as administrator

• Type php -version.
• Here it is showing me VCRUNTIME140.dll error because in my computer, The Visual C++ Redistributable. Packages is not installed.
• Check the C: drive whether the setup vc_redist.x64.exe is present or not.

• Visit this link to download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-pk/download/details.aspx?id=48145 
• Download Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015
• Click Download

• Tick vc_redist.x64.exe
• Click Next to begin downloading

• Click the setup to install.

• Now type again, php -version on command prompt.
• You can see that it is not showing the error.

Step 7: Test A PHP File

• Click Windows Search Bar
• Type Notepad
• Right Click on Notepad
• Click Run as administrator

• Type this HTML code or write your own code in PHP or HTML.

• Save As this file in: C:inetpubwwwroot as test.php

• Click this or type this on your browser’s URL bar
• http://localhost/test.php
• You can see that I have successfully configured PHP on IIS in Windows 10