[Marc Boeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> >If there are we are better off finding them and fixing them instead of
> >defaulting to c:\php4. I think we should follow the Windows standard on
> >Windows. I know that I hate when programs want to install themselves in c:\
>
> >on Windows.
>
> Just statin
>What is the software default path registry key???
>I found it once before, when I wasn't looking. Now I'm looking I can't
find
>it.
Do a search for programfilesdir or programfilespath in regedit (you'll
probably end up in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion...)
I think
What is the software default path registry key???
I found it once before, when I wasn't looking. Now I'm looking I can't find
it.
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>If there are we are better off finding them and fixing them instead of
>defaulting to c:\php4. I think we should follow the Windows standard on
>Windows. I know that I hate when programs want to install themselves in c:\
>on Windows.
Just stating the obvious here, but c:\program files is a s
>If there are we are better off finding them and fixing them instead of
Agreed.
However the 'Program files' folder is the standard place where applications
that the user runs live. Web scripting things seem to live (at least on NT)
in SYSTEMROOT\system32\inetsrv - which is more unpleasant than in
There shouldn't be any problems with spaces in the name under Windows -
I've been using it for years like that...
Zeev
At 13:02 24/4/2001, Andi Gutmans wrote:
>I don't think there are any problems with the space in the path name.
>If there are we are better off finding them and fixing them inst
I don't think there are any problems with the space in the path name.
If there are we are better off finding them and fixing them instead of
defaulting to c:\php4. I think we should follow the Windows standard on
Windows. I know that I hate when programs want to install themselves in c:\
on Win
When I did the windows installer there was some talk of defaulting to
install in 'Program files' (I think Zeev suggested it), but there was a
significant body of opinion which thought that there would be problems at
least with parts of php with respect to the space in the filename. I just
listened
IMHO, an ideal default is the path up to php.exe with a conf/php.ini
This would be a good default for unix/windows both, and maintain some
resembelence consistency with Apache if not anything else.
Then I could throw php.ini in the apache conf dir and php.exe would find it
there, w/o me having t
I think environment variables aren't any better than registry entries under
Windows. It's not as if it's easier to configure environment variables
than it is to run regedit...
Zeev
At 01:10 24/4/2001, Frank M. Kromann wrote:
>We can not use regestry settingns unless we have an installer or at
We can not use regestry settingns unless we have an installer or at least a reg file
to help users configure these.
I woud suggest the method with environment variables as step one.
- Frank
> Monday, April 23, 2001, 10:19:36 PM, you wrote:
> > It should be the Program Files directory, concaten
Monday, April 23, 2001, 10:19:36 PM, you wrote:
> It should be the Program Files directory, concatenated with 'PHP'; Under
> Windows, we should behave like Windows apps...
we should use registry entries to determine/set the path(s), if those
entries aren't present it could default to some hardco
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