Topic: Apache will not start when PHP added to httpd.conf

[Arch]

I installed Apache 2.2 for the first time on my Windows 7 machine. Path is C:\Apache. I installed php 5.2.17. php path is C:\Apache\php (put php directory into Apache directory because I thought my problem might be permissions-related).

Works fine, but then I added the following to my httpd.conf file, per the instructions at php.com:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

and

PHPIniDir "C:\Apache\php"
LoadModule "C:\Apache\php\php5apache2_2.dll"

I also added index.php to the DirectoryIndex line.

Now my server won't restart, popup box says "The requested operation has failed.". No errors appear in the errorlog file. If I remark out the PHPIniDir and LoadModule lines, server starts.

Can anyone tell me how I'm screwing this up? Thanks for any help.

[Steffen]

Be sure you have the Thread Safe download from http://windows.php.net/download/ , and use forward slashes (/) in the paths.

The LoadModule line must be (you forgot php5_module):

LoadModule php5_module "C:/Apache/php/php5apache2_2.dll"

btw, better to have:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php instead of AddType.

Steffen