Two Ways to Run PHP on Apache in Windows

There are two ways to use php on the apache server: run PHP in CGI mode or Apache module mode. These two methods are obtained based on different configuration schemes for Apache.

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Configuring the Apache server is mainly done by modifying its configuration file httpd.conf. This file is generally located in the conf folder of the Apache directory.

The Apache configuration file used in this article is D:/usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf. The following description refers to the modification of this document. The PHP version mentioned in this article is PHP5.

1. Run PHP in CGI mode
For PHP5, you need to add the following code to the httpd.conf file (# is the comment mark of httpd.conf):

code show as below:
# Set the alias of the PHP directory
ScriptAlias /php/ "D:/usr/local/php"

# Associate specific extensions to parse PHP files
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

# Set up a program that uses PHP5 to execute CGI scripts
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"

2. Run PHP in Apache mode
For PHP5, you need to configure the following:

code show as below:
# Load PHP5 module
 LoadModule php5_module "D:/usr/local/php/php5apache2.dll"
 AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

 # Configure the path of the php.ini file
 PHPIniDir "D:/usr/loca/php"

 After setting up, you need to start the Apache server, and then perform a test to verify whether PHP can work properly. For this, a new test program "phpinfo.php" needs to be created in the Web virtual directory. By default, the virtual directory is located in the htdocs folder under the Apache directory, such as "D:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs".
 Here is the content of the phpinfo.php file:

The code is as follows: <?php
 phpinfo();
 ?>
 Enter in the browser: http://localhost/phpinfo.php, if you can see the interface of php version 5, the installation is successful.