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Kele,

Thanks. I am following this post because I have a similar problem. i am using Windows IIS server to run wordpress but none of my emails are getting sent out, so no one can register (I have to do it all myself- pain!).

Thanks, Otto. And I am confused – but learning ??

You folks are a great help. Thank you so much!

Otto,

You are encouraging me to try Apache! Ack! What next? lol. Seriously, I would like to give it a whirl someday.

I stayed away from the CGI and used the ISAPI install. My PHP set-up was as a “CLI” though I do not know enough to know how different it is from CGI, but this is what I read about the two:

Server modules provide significantly better performance and additional functionality compared to the CGI binary. The CLI version is designed to let you use PHP for command line scripting. More information about CLI is available in the chapter about using PHP from the command line.

from here: https://us3.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php

And this is what my ini file says about cgi.force_redirect:

; cgi.force_redirect is necessary to provide security running PHP as a CGI under
; most web servers. Left undefined, PHP turns this on by default. You can
; turn it off here AT YOUR OWN RISK
; **You CAN safely turn this off for IIS, in fact, you MUST.**

What does this functionality do, Otto, for people running CLI and not CGI? I beleived it did not apply to me since I am running IIS and was not running CGI. Am I incorrect?

OK, first, thanks so much folks for the direction and gentle guideance. I REALLY appreciate it! you all are the best and I found these support forums really helpful!!

Second: Here were the problems I needed to correct to resolve my situation, for the next person who needs help. NOTE: This is what worked for me, some of it maybe I did not need to do. I dont know but dont want to change anything now that I am up and running.

1)I had to enable .php suffix as a default content page. go to your IIS manager, right click on the default website, go properties, go Documents tab, add index.php to the list.

2)I had to move my DLL files into the proper directory to be read by IIS. This means moving the php.ini file into the c:/windows/ folder and then I moved the rest of the dll files that came with my installation of PHP into my C:/Windows/SYSTEM32 folder

3)I read my log error files to see what was not working – learned that my ISAPI filter was not turning on because it was not compatible with my 64-bit system (!).

4)I enabled IIS 6.0 to run 32-bit applications on 54-bit Windows (this proved to be the deciding factor in getting ISAPI to finally work). I found out how to do this in a windows help page. Quick search should explain – i forget the hyperlink.

5)I enabled the MySQL extension and set the extension_dir path

6)I added php to my Application Configuration (see:
https://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/php_iis.html).

OK. There are still some problems, like my php test page does not show up in my browser, but my hello.php file does just fine. And most importantly (for now) the word press installation is finished.

Thanks so much! Now I’ll try some bloggin!

Otto, Thanks for the tip! Ha, I figured I was in over my head what with being completely new to PHP and mySql, IIS, and WordPress already – didn’t want to replace IIS with Apache because (at least) my boss understands and can support IIS. it gave me one leg to stand on. of course, he is on vacation while i am trying to set this up, so maybe I should have. lol!

Podz & HandySolo,

Thanks for confirming the PHP problem. It gives me a firm direction to head in. Thus far I had just been on the php.net tutorials pages, thinking that would be the best resource. I will try google.

I will post back with the resolution if I find one.

Thanks both for your assistance! Much appreciated!

Chris