Install PHP on ISS

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  • Date: January 25, 2020
  • Categories: Content

Step 1: Download PHP Folder

Download and extract the PHP folder into the local disk C: inside the server so that it looks like “C: \ php” (Download Link Below).

https://windows.php.net/download/

Step 2: Enable FastCGI on the server.

Part 1: To activate FastCGI go to Control Panel> Programs> Programs and Features> Turn Windows features on or off

Part 2: Select the CGI option in Internet Information Services> World Wide Web Services> Application development Features> CGI

Step 3: PHP Mapping

Part 1: Open the Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager and choose the desired server

Part 2: Click on “Handler Mappings”

Part 3: Click on “Add Module Mapping”

Part 4: Enter the data.

Request path: *.php

Module: FastCgiModule

Executable: Select the “php-cgi.exe” file located in the “C: \ php” folder.  Attention, change the file type from “.dll” to “.exe”.

Name: PHP_FastCGI

In case that the tutorial didn’t work there is an excellent tutorial video below: