[PHP-DEV] Bug #1467: Bug in installation documentation causes Fatal Error: Unable to open .. From: andrew.back <email protected>
Date: 05/29/99

From: andrew.back <email protected>
Operating system: Windows 95 + Omni httpd 2.02
PHP version: 3.0.8
PHP Bug Type: Installation problem
Bug description: Bug in installation documentation causes Fatal Error: Unable to open ..

This is a bug in the documentation for installing PHP3 under Windows95 with Omni httpd 2.02

Basically, the general instructions are incorrect. If you put in an entry in the doc_root line of the php3.ini file, ie
as in:

   doc_root = c:\httpd\webpages ;

you will always get an error message something like:

Fatal error: Unable to open c:\httpd\webpages/ in - on line 0
No input file specified.

The solution, thanks to the thread by Josevi Spain and Paul Geraghty is to leave it blank, ie:

doc_root = ;

In this case things work ok.

(Ref: http://www.tryc.on.ca/archives/php3/1999_4/0136.html)

It would be helpful to users to correct this in the installation docs as soon as you can,
 by simply changing the following entry in the file <install-windows95-nt.html> from:

"Set the 'doc_root' to point to your webservers document_root. ex:
          c:\apache\htdocs or c:\webroot"

to this

"If you are using Omni Httpd, DO NOT do the following step.
Otherwise, set the 'doc_root' to point to your webservers document_root. ex:
          c:\apache\htdocs or c:\webroot"

Thanks,
Andrew 

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