How to install php5.2.17 on windows system (step sharing)

In this article, we will introduce how to install PHP5.2.17 on Windows operating system.

First of all, you need to download the installation package of PHP5.2.17.

You can download from the official website or use other reliable download websites. Note that since PHP 5.2.17 is no longer maintained, you do so at your own risk as security vulnerabilities may not be resolved.

After the download is completed, you need to decompress the PHP5.2.17 installation package to get the contents of the compressed file.

Next, you need to configure the PHP environment variables on your Windows computer.

Open "Control Panel", "System", "Advanced System Settings", "Environment Variables", find the "Path" item in "System Variables", edit and add the installation of PHP later path. For example, if your PHP installation path is "c:\php", your variable value should be "%Path%;c:\php".

At this point, you need to copy the PHP configuration file php.ini to C:\Windows. This is done so that Windows can automatically recognize the PHP installer.

Now, you need to add the PHP5.2.17 module to the Apache server. You can do this by modifying the Apache configuration file. Find the "httpd.conf" file, open it and search for "LoadModule" in the file, find the location where you added the module, and add the following module information:

LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

The above information is for Apache 2.2, if you are using For other versions, module information may need to be modified.

Now, you need to restart the Apache server to activate the newly added module. You can do this by typing "net stop Apache2.2" and "net start Apache2.2" at the command prompt.

Finally, you need to test whether PHP can run correctly on the Apache server.

You can create a "phpinfo.php" file in the "htdocs" directory of Apache. The file content is as follows:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Now, you can enter "# in the browser ##http://localhost/phpinfo.php" to run this file. If everything goes well, the currently installed PHP version and related information will be displayed.

In short, installing PHP5.2.17 is not a very difficult thing. However, since this version is no longer officially supported, caution is recommended. If you need to use PHP to run your site, you'd better use the latest version of PHP.

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