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Doc Bug #24970 install.windows.php: tell users to change path, not file locations
Submitted: 2003-08-07 02:26 UTC Modified: 2004-08-06 17:33 UTC
From: danielc at analysisandsolutions dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2003-08-07 02:26 UTC] danielc at analysisandsolutions dot com
Description:
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Hi Folks:

I would like to strongly urge install.windows.php be changed in regards to how DLL's and paths are handled.

The current recommendations say users should move the various needed DLLs into a location that's within the path, like c:\winnt\system32.

This is cumbersome and prone to error, particularly when upgrading.

The FAR simpler solution is to change the path itself.  All one needs to do is add ";c:\php;c:\php\dlls" to the end of one's path statement and you're good to go!

Now, one can switch between PHP versions just by moving the old installation into a different directory and unziping the new version into c:\php.

This is what I've done on my system and it works great.

Thanks,

--Dan


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 [2003-08-07 02:30 UTC] danielc at analysisandsolutions dot com
Changed Summary.
 [2004-08-06 17:33 UTC] nlopess@php.net
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.


 
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