Topic: Running PHP 5.1.2 as CGI on Apache 2.2 on Windows XP

[maestro427]

Has anyone done this successfully??

I keep getting a 403 Forbidden error saying, "You don't have permission to access /php/php-cgi.exe/phpinfo.php on this server."

I'm using both the Apache 2.2 binary and PHP 5.1.2 mod downloaded from this site. Everything works fine when I load PHP as a module per the instructions given.

However, nothing I have tried gets around the 403 Forbidden error when trying to run it as CGI. I've granted everything total permissions in XP, but still no luck. I've added the following lines to my httpd.conf:

> ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/"
> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
> Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"

Any ideas?? Your help is really needed on this one!

Thanks!

[James Blond]

how Did you call the phpinfo.php

http://127.0.0.1/php/php-cgi.exe/phpinfo.php

or

http://127.0.0.1/phpinfo.php

Did you enable cgi.force_redirect in php.ini ?

[maestro427]

I called it by the 2nd method:

http://127.0.0.1/phpinfo.php
...with phpinfo.php being located in the root of my htdocs directory.
Also, I do have cgi.force_redirect enabled in php.ini.

Thus, I've since tried calling it by
http://127.0.0.1/php/php-cgi.exe/phpinfo.php
but I get the exact same 403 Forbidden error message.

Any ideas??

Thanks!

[maestro427]

Oh yeah...my doc root is at C:\Apache2\htdocs\
and my php-cgi.exe is in C:\php\

Any ideas??

Thanks!

[Steffen]

I tried it also.

When I add the following, it works here:

<Directory "c:/php/">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>


Steffen

[maestro427]

Aha! ...Adding the <Directory>...</Directory> stuff worked!

You're a genius Steffen...genius i tell you. =)

Thanks!

[axsubram]

This is great. Have been tinkering due to this problem for 2 days. Great! Thanks a lot.