IIS wants to open or save my php file

[buckmajor]

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Hey, I have another problem.
I have IIS set up on my laptop where you manually host your PHP files in the inetpub but when I view them, they are asking to open the file or save the file.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks in advance.

[RonPK]

Basically you'll need to tell the web server that .php files are to be parsed by the PHP CGI. Perhaps the PHP IIS manual page [nl.php.net] is a good starter?

[buckmajor]

Nice, thanks for that RonPK.
There is a lot there to know so this might take some time will get back to it asap.

CHEERS :)

[buckmajor]

Lol I found out what the problem was and the step to go about it is to set up IIS first, then install apache and php.

I tried it and on the right now but waiting to download some files.

[WesleyC]

I might note that apache and IIS are mutually exclusive--if you're running one there's no point in running the other. Both of them are web servers, and both will try to attach to port 80--whichever gets it first will handle web requests; the other will just be wasting RAM.

[buckmajor]

Tru, thanks for that WesleyC

I have apache, php5, xampp and IIS installed. No wonder it never viewed the correct page lol.

[buckmajor]

Hey I did it! I uninstalled all the virtual host software e.g. apache, xampp etc. I installed wamp and it only took a minute to get it to work yippy. I don't know how to fully use it but at least I it doesn't give you that option of save or open php file anymore lol.

CHEERS :)