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Installing BatchServe on Windows XP, using Apache 2 and PHP 4.3

This article describes changes to the Softimage|XSI BatchServe installation process that are necessary for installing BatchServe on Windows XP using more recent versions of some open-source components than those recommended in the BatchServe documentation.

For the most part, you should install PHP, Mysql and Apache as described in the BatchServe Server installation instructions, but with the following changes:

• Instead of installing Apache version 1.3.x, you should install version 2.x.
• Instead of installing PHP version 4.2.x, you should install version 4.3.x.

Once all three open-source components are installed, you should follow the steps below:

1. Download EasyPHP 1.7 from http://www.easyphp.org, extract it, and install it. Don't worry about the configuration, you just need a few files from the installation.
2. Go to the "php" subdirectory of the EasyPHP installation directory: c:/Program Files/easyphp by default.
3. Copy the "sapi" folder to c:/batchserve/php/. This folder contains the "apache2.dll" file that you need.
4. Go to the "extensions" subdirectory of the "php" directory and locate the "gd2.dll" file. Copy it to c:/batchserve/php/extensions (create this directory if it does not already exist).
5. Continue to follow the BatchServe Server installation instructions.
6. When you get to step 6 of Installing PHP as a Module of Apache, replace:
   ;extension=php_gd2.dll
   with
   extension=php_gd2.dll
   
   
7. When you get to step 9 of Installing PHP as a Module of Apache, it tells you to add three lines: one "LoadModule", one "Add Module", and one "Add Type".
   The "AddModule" line is not necessary, so just add the other two:
   
   LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache2.dll
   AddType application/x-httpd-php.php
   
   
8. Finish installing the BatchServe server.

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