Starting over

[Dilbert]

OK, I may have lost all my PHP/MySQL/Apache work, but after a while of discouragemant I'm willing to try again. Unfortuneately, the help thread I opened last time is gone (not just the Ex-Member bug, it's GONE) so I have to start from scratch. Here's what I've done so far:

Downloaded Apache (latest version)
Downloaded PHP (latest version)
Downloaded MySQL (latest version)

As per the install.txt, I've added this to the httpd.conf:

LoadModule php5_module "C:\PHP\php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
PHPIniDir "C:/PHP"

I have also enabled the MySQL extension.

Before I messed around with PHP Apache worked fine. Now, when I try to start Apache I get an error saying that it can't find php5apache2.dll. This happens no matter where I put this .dll file (I tried putting it in the Apache folder and changing the path in httpd.conf, but no luck). How do I fix this?

[Rob Pomeroy]

You're mixing backward and forward slashes - is there a reason for that?

[Dilbert]

Yeah: The heat wave is adversely affecting me. I changed the last line to C:\PHP, but I still can't start Apache.

[Rob Pomeroy]

Try "php5apache2_2.dll".  

[T-Chai]

Try Downloading wamp
windows
Apache
Mysql
PHP
These packetes is really recomended than downloading seperatly

[Dilbert]

I've got Apache, PHP and MySQL. My problem is that it won't load the php5apache2.dll file.

And rob, I did try copying the file to php5apache2.dll and editing the httpd.conf to reflect this, but I still get the following error:

httpd.exe: Syntax error on line 486 of C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\httpd.conf: Cannot load C:\PHP\php5apache2.dll into server: The specified module cannot be found.

[Rob Pomeroy]

Okay - put things back to their original names and locations (in case the DLL self-checks); ensure you've got that underscore present in the file and the conf; check that the PHP folder can be read by the web server process.  Then lets carry on from there.

[Dilbert]

OK, here's what I have done:

1. Deleted C:\PHP

2. Extracted the copy I kept in My downloads back to C:\PHP

3. Copied php.ini from C:\WINDOWS (Where I had copied it to originally) back to C:\PHP.

4. As per the instructions in install.txt, I have made sure the last lines of httpd.conf reads:

# For PHP 5 do something like this:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

# configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir "C:/php"

I still cannot start the service. :-/

EDIT: I am attaching my C:\PHP\php.ini file and my httpd.conf file. Please tell me how I can configure this differently, if it's possible.