PHP upload script

Hmm, did you install PHP with an account that had administrator access? What account is the PHP service running under? Sounds like a permission thing to me.

Thanks for repling,

I did install PHP using the administrative account. I agree that it is a permissions problem, but I don't know where. I tried giving all the directories full access permissions that have anything to do with PHP. It didn't change anything so I changed them back...I probably don't want my servers hacked right after rebuilding them.

Any other suggestions?

Zimbabwe

Try adding the IUSR_machinename & IWAM_machinename user accounts to the administrator group. Stop and restart IIS and see what happens. Don't leave it like this though, its a major security risk, I just want to see if it makes anything work.

I did try this, but still gave me the same thing.

Any other ideas?

Hmm, I'm starting to run out of ideas. Where is your php.ini file? (should be in \winnt\ folder) Check the permissions of the php.exe file (not just the folder). I think with IIS4 you have to setup PHP a little different (setup as a script engine), but I don't know for sure.

Well, I tried switching over to a win 2000 server, but that doesn't seem to help much. I also noticed that whenever I tried to upload a file larger than about 50k, it would give me a "can not find server" error.

I am going to try going back to PHP v 4.0.5 instead of 4.1.0. I had this version going, but it didn't work with win 2000.

I really would like to run 2000... do you know anything that would help get my script going on 2000 with PHP v 4.0.5?

I do have the php.ini file in the winnt directory and the permissions on php.exe as well as php4ts.dll have execute permissions for IUSR_machinename.

I'm tapped out, did you check the documentation at: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php

Maybe something there might help.

Do I need to have perl installed?

No. PHP is independant from PERL. Nothing to do with each other.

Ok, now I got passed the problem of the error 405 by going into MMC and adding the PHP path and extension info. Now when I try to post something to a simple form-mail script, it comes back saying that every field is undefined. I double-checked to make sure that I was using POST and MULTIPART/FORM-DATA in the form and that all my input fields were named properly.

what is MMC ?

MMC is the Internet Service Manager on NT IIS 4... I think that it stands for Microsoft Management Console or something like that.

When you say 'simple form-mail script', do you mean forms in general or a specific script 'form-mail'?

It is a form to e-mail script. The form is in HTML and the script is in PHP.

I have a couple of suggestions. My first post on this board so I apologize if I'm not exactly sure of the protocol here.

You might want to check that php.ini file more closely. I don't use PHP with IIS anymore, only Apache, but if memory serves, I've seen a similar problem before.

Also, when troubleshooting it usually pays to look at the first variable. Your php.ini was missing and you replaced it with a new one. Unless your backup didn't properly pass the permissions back to the server files, that probably isn't the source of your problem. If you were using 2000 instead of NT, or if encryption was enabled, that's a different story.

There several areas in php.ini that could impact you in the way you describe. It may not be exclusively a permissions issue, rather a combination of the two.

Finally, you might consider posting or pm'ing the file and have a fresh set of eyes look at it.

I know how frustrating this can be. Wanted to give you a couple of different avenues to pursue. Sometimes that helps keep us from going in circles.

HTH.

Welcome to TWF, Stretchr!

zimbabwe, have you tried using forms for something other than email?

Thank you. I'm very envious of your board. Excellent display and content!

Mark - I have also tryed an upload script which was giving me the problem in the first place.

Stretchr - I will get a copy of the scripts ready so that you guys can look at them... I just need to take out some information first (eg.. servers / passwords).

I should have those rdy by tonight.

Thanks for your time

Zimbabwe

In order to isolate your problem to a php or coding error; run the php info script on the server and see what happens. If you get the list of php information, then the php is working.