[FX.php List] RE: Web publishing issues with Windows IIS and FileMaker 13 Server

[Richard DeShong]

Hi Bob,
The location of the PHP version that is used by an app is determined by either the config file of the web server (in most circumstances), and also by the "path" system variable in the Windows OS.

For the OS, open the System control panel, select Advanced system settings.  Bottom-right corner, pick the [Environment Variables...] button.  Scroll down the list of System variables and [Edit...] the Path variable.  You should see the path to the PHP folder.  Make sure there is only one, pointing to the correct version.

I use Apache, instead of IIS, so I don't know the drill-down, but IIS is all menu driven, so you should be able to drill down until you see which version IIS is using.

My guess, though, is that it is not related to the PHP version.


From: Bob Patin		Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 1:31 PM
I have a client who has just put up a virtual machine running Windows IIS; he’s installed a web app that I wrote for him  for FileMaker Pro 13, and which works normally on my Mac servers.
On his machine, we get all sorts of odd errors, one of which is an “undeclared variable” error which refers to a variable that *has* been declared on the page. Even when I try setting a value into the variable, I *still* get the undeclared variable error...
He installed PHP 5.5, then when the WPE didn’t work he re-deployed so that the server is running 5.3, which is what FileMaker Inc. recommends. I wonder if he somehow messed things up by having 2 instances of PHP on the same machine (he claims to have removed the first instance, but I suspect there may be remnants lurking about).
Has anyone run into similar issues, and if so, how did you resolve them? Is there a PHP.ini setting that we might tweak that would get him going? 
I’m not at all a Windows Server expert, so even though I’m fluent with FMS on the Mac, I’m not much help with his Windows box.
Thanks in advance,
Bob Patin
Longterm Solutions
bob at longtermsolutions.com
615-333-6858
FileMaker 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Certified Developer
http://www.longtermsolutions.com