PHP 5 doesn't work in Windows

PHP 5 doesn't work in Windows

Situation: after installing Apache 2 and PHP 5 in Windows, test http://localhost doesn't work.

Case 1: the Index.php has a coding problem. This this simple one first: <?php phpinfo(); ?> .

Case 2: The extension_dir is mistyping looks like this extension_dir = "c:\php\ext". It should be extension_dir = "c:/php/ext".

Case 3: The Windows path need to add c:\php folder. Check this article: How to add PHP folder to Windows path

Case 4: There are two php.ini in the system. One of them in located in c:\windows.

Case 5: The client installed PHP 5.3 Windows Installer version or MSI and then install it manually. We may need to open registry to clear them.

Case 6: The Apache is version 2.2, the httpd.conf should has LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll" instead of LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll".

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