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Bug #1467 Bug in installation documentation causes Fatal Error: Unable to open ..
Submitted: 1999-05-29 08:58 UTC Modified: 1999-06-24 08:39 UTC
From: andrew dot back at usa dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Installation problem
PHP Version: 3.0.8 OS: Windows 95 + Omni httpd 2.02
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1999-05-29 08:58 UTC] andrew dot back at usa dot net
This is a bug in the documentation for installing PHP3 under Windows95 with Omni httpd 2.02

Basically, the general instructions are incorrect. If you put in an entry in the doc_root line of the php3.ini file, ie
as in:

   doc_root = c:\httpd\webpages ;         

you will always get an error message something like:

Fatal error: Unable to open c:\httpd\webpages/ in - on line 0 
No input file specified.

The solution, thanks to the thread by Josevi Spain and  Paul Geraghty is to leave it blank, ie:

doc_root =  ;   

In this case things work ok.

(Ref: http://www.tryc.on.ca/archives/php3/1999_4/0136.html)

It would be helpful to users to correct this in the installation docs as soon as you can,
 by simply changing the following entry in the file <install-windows95-nt.html>  from:

"Set the 'doc_root' to point to your webservers document_root. ex:
          c:\apache\htdocs or c:\webroot"

to this

"If you are using Omni Httpd, DO NOT do the following step. 
Otherwise, set the 'doc_root' to point to your webservers document_root. ex:
          c:\apache\htdocs or c:\webroot"



Thanks,
Andrew

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 [1999-06-24 08:39 UTC] sas at cvs dot php dot net
Thanks, fixed in CVS.
 
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