looks like if you use

c:\php\php-cgi.exe

for the program it works!!

Be sure to add it under Web Server Extensions to be allowed.
I use
c:\php\php-cgi.exe -c c:\php
Which allows me to have the php.ini sit in c:\php

"Dave Wilcock" <dave@[...].net>  wrote in message 
news:20040714093323.54829.qmail@[...]..
>  Just Windows XP Pro, I was running 4.3.7 beautifuly without failure, then
>  5.0.0 comes along an throws a spanner into the works. I have exactly the
>  same issue - php.exe just site there using a process and doesnt actually 
>  do
>  anything...
> 
>  If you have any luck with this, let me know how you resolved it.
> 
>  "Brian" <brian@[...].net> wrote in message
>  news:20040713233104.61970.qmail@[...]..
> > Anyone get this to work on Windows 2003 Server yet?  I've tried and can't
> > get it to function.  4.3.7 works fine
> >
> > files placed in c:\php5>> php.ini.recommended renamed to php.ini and left in c:\php5 fold
er (to not
> > conflict with existing 4.3.7 that is operating fine
> > edited for c:\php5\ext for extensions path
> > Enabled mssql/mysql extensions
> > c:\php5\php.exe -i works great
> > IIS set to allow c:\php5\php.exe (and all unknown cgi as well)
> > .php mapped to use "c:\php5\php.exe" -c c:\php5
> > Simple test.php that does a PHPInfo just hangs, Task Manager shows 
> > php.exe
> > is running but never displays anything to the browser.  IUSR_servername
>  has
> > read/list access to c:\php5, application pool launches php.exe as
> > IUSR_servername
> >
> >
> > "Andi Gutmans" <andi@[...].com> wrote in message
> > news:5.1.0.14.2.20040713162047.02c67ee0@[...]..
> > > The PHP development team is proud to announce the official release of
>  PHP
> > > 5.
> > >
> > > Some of the key features of PHP 5 include:
> > > - The Zend Engine II with a new object model and dozens of new 
> > > features.
> > > - XML support has been completely redone in PHP 5, all extensions are
>  now
> > > focused around the excellent libxml2 library (http://www.xmlsoft.org/).
> > > - A new SimpleXML extension for easily accessing and manipulating XML 
> > > as
> > > PHP objects. It can also interface with the DOM extension and
>  vice-versa.
> > > - A brand new built-in SOAP extension for interoperability with Web
> > > Services.
> > > - A new MySQL extension named MySQLi for developers using MySQL 4.1 and
> > > later. This new extension includes an object-oriented interface in
> > > addition to a traditional interface; as well as support for many of
> > > MySQL's new features, such as prepared statements.
> > > - SQLite has been bundled with PHP. For more information on SQLite,
>  please
> > > visit their website (http://www.sqlite.org/).
> > > - Streams have been greatly improved, including the ability to access
> > > low-level socket operations on streams.
> > > - And lots more...
> > >
> > > Enjoy!
> > >
> > > PHP Development Team 

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