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Set Up FastCGI for PHP

Published on February 24, 2008 by iisteam
Updated on November 15, 2009 by iisteam
Tags: FastCGI
Downloads: WMV

Description

Improved performance and greater reliability for PHP applications is ensured by the new FastCGI component for IIS 7.0 and previous versions. This tutorial covers installing PHP 5.2.1 and the new FastCGI component to IIS 7.0 in Windows Vista.

Comments

I just set it up exactly as in the video and it works. This is so much easier to set up than in earlier versions. Last time I had to set up PHP on IIS I nearly tore all my hair out. This is a big improvement over earlier versions of IIS.

Apr 18 2008 by grahamesd

I'm competely lost still... I tried following the video but I still can't get mine to work. The video was great but I think I just messed something up. Anyone know of a video for this for Server 2003?????

May 08 2008 by QWERTYtech

I have installed (and re-installed 2008 server 5 times trying to get php to work with fastcgi for php! This is such a load of crap! I thought 2003 was bad but this takes the cake. I really thought from all the install tutorials and video's about installing php on iis7 that it would be a simple process but no... just the same errors over and over and over!!! Can anyone give me step by step instructions from a fresh install of 2008 server? (before iis is installed)? Sorry to be so abrupt but this is getting old fast!

Sep 10 2009 by vortex2010

I installed PHP and FastCGI through Web Platform Installer and it worked flawlessly for Server Standard 2008 and IIS 7. FastCGI settings then showed up in IIS 7 Manager and already shows the php-cgi application registered.

Sep 16 2009 by rutland