We'll be installing and configuring PHP 5.2.6 with IIS 7.0 using the FastCGI module, as a prerequisite for this tutorial you'll need Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista with FastCGI installed.

 

Note. FastCGI does not come as standard on Vista and will need to be installed first. 

First Download PHP 5.2.6 non-thread safe windows 32 binary zip file.

http://www.php.net

Extract the zip file, to a folder of your choice for example: 

C\php

Change the name of the php file from phpini-recommend to php.ini

Open up php.ini and search for the following occurrences of fastcgi:

//fastcgi.impersonate

Un-comment this and set it equal to 1 for example:

fastcgi.impersonate = 1

//cgi.fix_pathinfo

Un-comment this and set it equal to 1 for example:

cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1

//cgi.force_redirect = 0

Un-comment this and set it equal to 1 for example:

cgi.force_redirect = 1

Next search for basedir, and un-comment it and insert the location of your php applications.

open_basedir --> put in the physical location of your php applications for example:

open_basedir = "c:\myphpfiles

Save php.ini

Now you need to add a handler mapping to instruct IIS 7 to pass all PHP requests through FastCGI

Open up IIS 7 and go into handler mappings > add module mapping

Need to add the following configurations:

request path: *.php

Module: FastCgiModule

Executable: C:\{location of your php.ini file}\php-cgi.exe

Name: PHP via FastCGI

So in our case: It would be:

Executable: C:\myphpfiles\php-cgi.exe

When you are done click ok, when asked if you would like to create a FastCGI app for this executable select Yes

Hey Presto PHP is set up to use FastCGI on Windows Server 2008 or Vista SP1.