PHP

[Hans]

I use FrontPage 2003 on a Windows 2003-server with the Frontpage extentsions
and ASP installed. Now, when remaking my site, I have found a menue to use,
but to work properly it requires PHP on the server, what ever that is. I can
not figure out how to controll if it is on the server. Any idea where I can
find help for this?

Hans

 

[Murray]

Does your server *do* PHP? Ask the host.

 

[Hans]

I am the host, that's the problem. I don't know how to figure if the server
is set up for PHP so maybe you can tell me how to check this. It is off
topic, I know.

Hans

 

[Murray]

Put this into a file named "info.php" -

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

and save it. Fetch that file from the server in your browser, e.g.,
http://servername/info.php. If you see several pages of variable names and
values, it supports PHP.

 

[Hans]

I used it and PHP is not installed. Anyhow, I've found a site that explains
how to install so now I've a hard time to understand that subject.

http://fr.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php

Hans

 

[.._..]

PHP is a separate install, if YOU are the host, and you didn't install it,
then you don't have it.

Get "Zend Core PHP" which is the PHP distribution for Windows that Microsoft
has their hand in. It is relatively easy to set up and as far as I can
tell, integrates well with IIS.

Note however, there are some significant security issues PHP will cause you
to need to deal with, you might be MUCH BETTER OFF just finding a menu that
uses CSS or DHTML and JavaScript. Server side scripting used for menus
indicates someone doesn't know how to make menus well enough. So, review
the bad with the good on that.

 

[Hans]

Thanks, I will consider what you are telling me. I have for the moment given
up everything with PHP as I have spent a far to long time with it, I must
have my new site up running very soon. I have found something is CSS with a
look that I like so I will use it for the moment, but I have an other
problem, and I will bring it up in a separate thread.

Hans