Rants: December 2007 Archives

PHP - amateur hour on the installer and I went with the latest...

Anyways, found the reason why PHP pages wouldn't display (of any kind) and I was getting 404 errors instead.

Turns out after installing PHP and having it configure IIS, it would use the 8.3 file name in the IIS, website, properties, Home Directory, choose Configuration, under Mappings choose the .PHP extension and change it from the (in my case) "C:\PHP\php5is~1.dll" to the full "C:\PHP\php5isapi.dll" (browse to it for accuracy).

Sigh. There is a reason why I like working with Microsoft stuff. I can actually get coding right away and doing what I need to do. Setup works, everytime. This PHP/MYSQL process has meant reading tonnes of newsgroups (forget their documentation, it is inaccurate and all over the place - thanks to a 'community' where no one particular person can get canned for not doing the job right) just to get the install done. Once it is working, then I can start figuring out the next level of lameness. *SIGH*

Still totally happy with my LCD (probably because it it 120mhz) and the comments about Plasma being cheaper are balogne from what I have seen, quite the opposite - at least here in Victoria. The LCD I bought was $1500 cheaper than the equivalent Plasma in the store - and the LCD looked 30% better - the plasma seemed very highly overrated. My eyes told me they liked LCD far better, maybe I have lousy eyes?

As for viewing from a 45 degree angle, who does that? Isn't the purpose of a wall mount to put it in the centre of the room?

http://www.digitalhome.ca/content/view/2197/206/

All in all, pretty weak arguments but finally found them in one place. But I have my LCD and I ain't parting with it for any plasma... :)