God Wars II Web Server Configuration
Introduction
The web server we are using is the ubiquitous Apache 2 web server. We are using PHP 4 to provide server side
scripting. Both of these two products are mirrored here, though I have
chosen versions that match as close as practical the live server rather
than the most up to date.
Installing PHP
The installation of PHP, at least the version we are using, is, frankly,
a pain in the arse. Juggling files, moving and copying DLLs editing
config files - it really should be simpler! So, what I have mirrored
here is not actually an official release but actually ZIP file with the
majority of fiddly bits done for you. If you want the original release,
drop me a line, or download it yourself.
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Download the PHP I have prepared for you here:
php.zip
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Unzip this file into the C:\
directory. The zip file contains a folder called PHP, so it's not going to overwrite or mess up
the root directory too much. If you are using Windows XP, the
following screen shots will give you some clues.
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It should now look like this:
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Because we are using XSLT we need to make the relevant library files
available to windows. It is nuts, but the simplest way to do this is
to copy the three DLLS below from C:\PHP
into your windows system directory. This is normally C:\WINDOWS\System32.
expat.dll
iconv.dll
sablot.dll
That is all for PHP, next we install the web
server.
