A few people have asked me recently whether it’s possible to setup
Windows 7 as a PHP server (for development purposes). The answer is
absolutely yes, and it’s a breeze to setup. Follow these five simple
steps to get PHP up and running in minutes:
1. In the Programs and Features control panel, click on the Turn Windows features on or off link:
2. In the list of Windows Features, expand Internet Information Services, World Wide Web Services, and the Application Deployment Features. If it’s not already, select the CGI checkbox and click OK. (The most reliable way of hosting PHP applications on Windows 7 is to use the built in FastCGI interface for IIS – checking this box installs it together with any pre-requisites.)
3. Download the non-thread-safe (NTS) version of PHP from http://www.php.net/downloads.php. The current version (as of time of writing is 5.2.9). (The thread safe (TS) version will also work, but generally NTS is faster, and thread safety is not an issue under FastCGI). Expand the zip to an installation directory of your choice – e.g. c:devphp
4. Copy the php.ini-recommended file to php.ini in the PHP directory. Edit the php.ini file and add correctly configure extension_dir, pointing to the PHP extensions directory (normally the .ext folder of the PHP installation – e.g c:devphpext). You can also configure other php.ini options and modules here if required.
5. Run Internet Information Services Manager by typing inetmgr in the Start menu. You can either set the global settings of the server, or (recommended) add a new web site to run the PHP applications. Once you’ve done this, double click on the Handler Mappings for the site and add a new module mapping with the following settings:
Request path should be set to *.php. Module should be FastCgiModule. Executable should be {php_install_dir}php-cgi.exe. Name can be anything – I use “PHP via Fast CGI”.
That’s it! Simply start/restart IIS and you are ready to go. The easiest way to test that everything is working is to create a simple info.php file with a single line:
Validate that the server API is using CGI/FastCGI and that the loaded configuration file is the one in your installation directory.
1. In the Programs and Features control panel, click on the Turn Windows features on or off link:
2. In the list of Windows Features, expand Internet Information Services, World Wide Web Services, and the Application Deployment Features. If it’s not already, select the CGI checkbox and click OK. (The most reliable way of hosting PHP applications on Windows 7 is to use the built in FastCGI interface for IIS – checking this box installs it together with any pre-requisites.)
3. Download the non-thread-safe (NTS) version of PHP from http://www.php.net/downloads.php. The current version (as of time of writing is 5.2.9). (The thread safe (TS) version will also work, but generally NTS is faster, and thread safety is not an issue under FastCGI). Expand the zip to an installation directory of your choice – e.g. c:devphp
4. Copy the php.ini-recommended file to php.ini in the PHP directory. Edit the php.ini file and add correctly configure extension_dir, pointing to the PHP extensions directory (normally the .ext folder of the PHP installation – e.g c:devphpext). You can also configure other php.ini options and modules here if required.
5. Run Internet Information Services Manager by typing inetmgr in the Start menu. You can either set the global settings of the server, or (recommended) add a new web site to run the PHP applications. Once you’ve done this, double click on the Handler Mappings for the site and add a new module mapping with the following settings:
Request path should be set to *.php. Module should be FastCgiModule. Executable should be {php_install_dir}php-cgi.exe. Name can be anything – I use “PHP via Fast CGI”.
That’s it! Simply start/restart IIS and you are ready to go. The easiest way to test that everything is working is to create a simple info.php file with a single line:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
When you access this page from a browser (e.g. http://localhost:8081/info.php), you should see the PHP info screen:
Validate that the server API is using CGI/FastCGI and that the loaded configuration file is the one in your installation directory.
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