How to install PHP in Windows 2008 Server and IIS

1. install package in C:\PHP (for example) from php.net but I would recommend use zip package since you will do the manual setup anyway.

2. Edit php.ini to set extensions that you want to enable

3. Set environment path=c:\php;%path%

4. IIS Manager steps

1. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

2. Double-click “Handler Mappings” from the main IIS screen.

3. Click on “Add Script Map.” to add "script mappings" handler for for c:\PHP\php5isapi.dll with extension *.php and answer "yes" to create "isapi and cgi restrictions" when prompted

4. Set your web site application pool to "Classic mode"

5. Add ISAPI filters to point to c:\PHP\php5isapi.dll

5. Copy c:\php\php.ini to c:\windows

6. Reboot your server…

 

Done !!