From: Philip Thompson on
On Dec 8, 2009, at 6:12 AM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 12:08 +0000, Tarek Kaddoura wrote:
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>> Subject: RE: [PHP] request for support
>> From: ash(a)ashleysheridan.co.uk
>> To: stevewieser99(a)hotmail.com
>> CC: php-general(a)lists.php.net
>> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:53:53 +0000
>>
>> On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 11:53 +0000, Tarek Kaddoura wrote:
>>
>>
>> sorry sorry thats a typo error
>> the code im using is:
>> PHPIniDir "C:/PHP/"
>> LoadModule php5_module "C:/PHP/php5apache2.dll"
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>>
>> Subject: Re: [PHP] request for support
>> From: ash(a)ashleysheridan.co.uk
>> To: stevewieser99(a)hotmail.com
>> CC: php-general(a)lists.php.net
>> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:45:38 +0000
>>
>> On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 11:29 +0000, Tarek Kaddoura wrote:
>>
>>
>> I'm using PHP 5.2.11 with Apache 2 (and i also tried Apache 2.2)
>>
>> However, when I add this entry to my httpd.conf:
>> <code>
>> LoadModule php4_module "C:/Program Files/php/sapi/php4apache.dll"
>> </code>
>> Apache will crash when trying to start the service.
>> If I comment the line out, Apache starts just fine.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Well, you say you've got PHP 5 installed, yet you're trying to
>> load a PHP 4 module in. Which do you want? I don't think
>> Apache can run 4 and 5 at the same time without complications.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ash
>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>>
>> Don't forget to hit reply to all on the list, and try not to top
>> post! :p
>>
>> What does it say on the command line when you try to start the service
>> up?
>>
>> In a root privaleged console type:
>>
>> /etc/init.d/httpd start
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ash
>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>>
>> No Ashley im using Windows,
>> whenever i start the apache service, it either crashes or promptes me
>> that the operation has failed
>> if i comment these 2 lines out, the apache service starts normally
>
> Why don't you try a Wamp install, rather than installing the individual
> components?
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

Why don't you check the apache logs to see what's (not) happening?

~Philip