How to Install PHP for Windows Internet Information Service (IIS)

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0770.html

What is IIS (Internet Information Services)?

Internet Information Services (IIS) for Windows® Server is a flexible, secure and manageable Web server for hosting anything on the Web. From media streaming to web applications, IIS's scalable and open architecture is ready to handle the most demanding tasks. - https://www.iis.net/  

What is PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor)?

A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world. - https://www.php.net/     NOTE: This tutorial assumes IIS is already installed and running on the host. Check out this previous tutorial to find out how to install IIS  https://youtu.be/Gia2dmFrNxs      01. Log into the Windows server with an account with admin privileges    02. Download the Non-Thread Safe (NTS) VS16 x64 PHP for Windows .zip  https://windows.php.net/download/    03. Download Microsoft Visual C++  https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe    04. Install Microsoft Visual C++    05. Extract the downloaded PHP for Windows .zip file    06. Rename the extracted folder PHP    07. Cut the PHP folder to a safe location to run from, such as C:\Program Files    08. Click the Start button ≫ Search Control ≫ Click Control Panel    09. Click on System ≫ Advanced system settings    10. Click the Environment Variables...    11. Edit the System Path variable    12. Click the New button    13. Add the PHP installation directory (ie C:\Program Files\PHP
   14. Click OK to all open dialog windows    15. Launch Server Manager from the Start    16. Click Add roles and features    17. Click Next on the Before you begin screen    18. Select Role-based or feature-based installation ≫ Next    19. Leave Select a server from the server pool selected and select the current Windows server ≫ Next    20. Expand Web Server (IIS) ≫ Expand Web Server ≫ Expand Application Development ≫ Check the box next to CGI to select it    21. Click Next    22. Click Next on the Select features screen    23. Click Install on the confirmation screen    24. Leave the installation progress screen open until the install completes    25. Once the Feature installation completes successfully, click the Close button    26. Back in Server Manager, click Tools ≫ Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager    27. Click the server name to select it ≫ Double click Handler Mappings    28. Click Add Module Mapping at the top right of the dialog    29. Complete the Add Module Mapping form as follow          Request Path: *.php          Module: FastCGIModule          Executable: C:\Program Files\PHP\php-cgi.exe          Name: PHP    30. Click OK    31. Click Yes to confirm creating the FastCGI application    32. Click the server name again to select it and return to the main options menu ≫ Double click Default Document    33. Click Add... at the top right of the dialog    34. Type index.php ≫ Click OK    35. Right click on the server name ≫ Stop    36. Right click on the server name again ≫ Start    37. Expand the server name ≫ Expand sites ≫ Right click on Default web Site ≫ Select Explore    38. A File Explorer window will display the wwwroot folder for IIS    39. Right click in the whitespace ≫ New ≫ Text Document ≫ Name the new file phpinfo.php    40. Edit phpinfo.php in Notepad and paste the following          ≪?php           phpinfo();          ?≫    41. Save the changes to phpinfo.php and close Notepad    42. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/phpinfo.php  

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