PHP - Looking for help to install Kanboard on Windows 10

Installation Issues
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Hello!
I’m trying to install Kanboard 1.2.13 (on Windows 10). But I’m a complete beginner …
I’m following this page’s instructions:
https://docs.kanboard.org/en/latest/admin_guide/windows_installation.html
Now, I’m stuck with this information:

Load the PHP module for Apache:

Add this configuration in the file C:\Apache24\conf\httpd.conf:

LoadModule php5_module “c:/php/php5apache2_4.dll”
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php

#configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir “C:/php”

#change this directive
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

I’m sure it sounds quite easy to you guys, but I don’t know what “add this configuration in the file” means… I’ve tried to copy/paste this lines in the C:\Apache24\conf\httpd.conf file, but as expected, Apache didn’t want to restart after this…

It’d be amazing if you could explain me this part !

Don’t know what to think about Kanboard’s installation. I thought it’d be accessible for my level… :sweat_smile:

Kind regards

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I don’t really know anything about Apache/PHP on Windows (nor do I want to learn :smiley:) but:

  1. Check that c:/php/php5apache2_4.dll actually exists
  2. Check that c:/php exists
  3. The latest Kanboard version doesn’t support PHP 5 anymore. You might want to download 7.4 and use that instead.
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Thank you for your reply!

I’m already using the 7.4 version of php.
As for your other suggestions:

  • c:/php exists as I unzipped php package in it
  • c:/php/php5apache2_4.dll doesn’t exist whereas c:/php/php7apache2_4.dll does. So I replaced it and once copy/ pasted in C:\Apache24\conf\httpd.conf it gives :

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Then, I restart Apache, but it won’t work…

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What error messages are you getting? And are there any log files from Apache or PHP that could help explain what the problem is?

5

Why you dont use some local development AiO solution on windows eg. laragon?

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Check:

  1. LoadModule php7_module “C:/Php/php7apache2_4.dll”
    (7, not 5)
  2. Make sure php7_module or PHPIniDir is not defined twice. Ctrl+F the file
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I too had the same problem, but one key ingredient missing is that you need to install Visual C++ from Microsoft before loading PHP dll in apache and starting the server. Please do check this.