Problem with 32 bit PHP on windows server 2003 64 bit edition

**TinMan486** · July 14th, 2008, 12:17 PM

Recently I have found a need to install PHP on one of our web servers. The issues that have been cropping up with this installation have been a head ache and until this point solvable with a little google grease and some problem solving. However I seem to have hit a road block. Im not extremely familiar with the workings of servers in general and intalling PHP and getting to this point has been a great learning experience.

So i've got it working, sort of the .php sites are being found but im getting a 500 error. Now the tutorial I had been following

(http://www.peterguy.com/php/install_IIS6.html#phpConfigure)

suggested changing the configuration of my server using a CScript command. However when I execute the command

cscript %SYSTEMDRIVE%\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil.vbs SET W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 1

my server does something funky and it no longer serves any of the files, you can't access the main site via ip or http nor can you access any of the files in the directories. I have a feeling that this has something to do with the 32 bit emulation but I am at a complete loss as to what to do next. Resetting the 32bitappon64 value to 0 fixes the issue but then I get the 500 error again and can't run my php scripts. Any helpful hints or instructions would be greatly appreciated.

As stated in the title this is a windows server 2003 64 bit edition i am using IIS to administrate the sites

**EXreaction** · July 14th, 2008, 12:47 PM

PHP: Microsoft IIS / PWS - Manual

You should follow the instructions on the php.net website.

**TinMan486** · July 14th, 2008, 01:01 PM

i have but for being the official php website it is archaic and not really to my tastes. Im surfing a few different sources now but any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

**TinMan486** · July 14th, 2008, 01:54 PM

To be more clear, the error I am getting is not with PHP. I run the script to start the 32 bit emulation and my server that was working just fine hosting the pages but returning 500 errors for my php pages because they are 32 bit programs begins returning a service unavailable error is there any service or ultility I may be missing?

**clearconnect** · August 19th, 2008, 10:04 AM

Hi,

I had the exact same problem and found that you have to run .net framework in 32bit mode, not 64bit. Once you have done this (Instructions Link Below) all should work fine.

How to switch between the 32-bit versions of ASP.NET 1.1 and the 64-bit version of ASP.NET 2.0 on a 64-bit version of Windows

Regards,

David.