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Bug #47585 Known Vista/PHP Installer problems
Submitted: 2009-03-06 08:27 UTC Modified: 2009-03-14 01:00 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: didomusicuk at hotmail dot co dot uk Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: Windows Installer
PHP Version: 5.2.9 OS: Vista
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-03-06 08:27 UTC] didomusicuk at hotmail dot co dot uk 
Description:
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I'd just like to ask that since you clearly know the PHP installer fails under Windows Vista, why don't you put some text on the download page to warn people of the problem, and provide links to the articles explaining why it fails and what can be done to work around it, until you can fix your installer properly?

This would save a lot of people a lot of time and stress, and save yourself a lot of "false" bug reports and forum postings.

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 [2009-03-06 08:37 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
It works smoothly here on Vista as well as 2008/2003 or even win7.

What did not work?
 [2009-03-06 10:05 UTC] didomusicuk at hotmail dot co dot uk 
Every PHP installer since 5.2.3 just doesn't seem to work under Windows Vista. They quit part way through with a message along the lines of "there is something wrong with the installer package". A little Googling revealed that it is down to the fact that PHP's installer uses custom VBScript commands that the Windows Installer doesn't like, and will only work in Vista if run from an elevated console.

I just wondered if this is true, why this information hasn't been put on the download page.
 [2009-03-06 10:09 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
As I said, it works here with 5.2.9 or snaps.

Have you tried it yourself? If yes, do you have previous versions installed or from other packagers (wamp or other)?
 [2009-03-06 10:21 UTC] didomusicuk at hotmail dot co dot uk 
No other PHP installs from other sources. Just official downloads. Like I said, none since 5.2.3 have worked here for me. Installer fails but leaves enough junk behind to be listed in Control Panel, and cannot be removed from there, either.

I've had to manually remove PHP from my system and manually install and configure it from the zipped version, which works just fine. So seems to me that its not a problem with PHP or its configuration, just the installer itself.

I've also read reports from other people who have experienced the same problem running the installer under Vista and had to resort to manual install.

Just doesn't seem very elegant to me, somehow. Any ideas on what makes the installer fail on some Vista systems,  but not others?
 [2009-03-14 01:00 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
 
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