Windows 10 Nginx + PHP

#php #programming #nginx #devops

NGINX can interface with PHP on Windows via a FastCGI daemon, which ships with PHP: php-cgi.exe. You need to run php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1: and use fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:; in the NGINX configuration file. After being launched, php-cgi.exe will keep listening for connections in a command prompt window. To hide that window, use the tiny utility RunHiddenConsole

First

Download nginx, choose stable version.
Download PHP, choose non stable version.

Second

Extract nginx to "C:\nginx"
Extract php to "C:\php"
Create folder "www" in your "C" system , "C:\www"

Third

Edit your nginx.conf at "C:\nginx\conf\nginx.conf"
Change root
```
    root c:/www;
```
Save nginx.conf
Open yout php folder, find php-ini-development

Edit your php-ini-development, like down below.

    extension_dir = "ext" 
    enable_dl = On 
    cgi.force_redirect = 1 
    fastcgi.impersonate = 1 
    cgi.rfc2616_headers = 1 
    extension=php_gd2.dll 
    extension=php_mbstring.dll 
    extension=php_exif.dll 
    extension=php_mysql.dll 
    extension=php_mysqli.dll 
    extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll 
    date.timezone = "Asia/Jakarta"

Save it.
Open your nginx.conf again

Uncoment on php configuration and change to this

    # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9999
    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9999;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
    }

Save nginx.conf again.

Fourth

Set Php path
Open your environment variable
- Open "edit the system environment variables"
- Click, "Environtment variables ..."
- Edit "path" on "Sytem ariables"
- Add new path "C:\php"

Create nginx start, stop & restart .bat

Download RunHiddenConsole first, and move RunHiddenConsole.exe to "C:\".

Create file "nginx-start.bat", edit file with down below, make your php-cgi.exe port same as in nginx.conf

    @ECHO OFF

    ECHO Starting PHP FastCGI...
    C:\RunHiddenConsole.exe C:\php8\php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1:9999

    ECHO Starting NGINX
    start nginx.exe

    popd
    EXIT /b

Create file "nginx-stop.bat", edit with this

    @ECHO OFF
    taskkill /f /IM nginx.exe
    taskkill /f /IM php-cgi.exe
    EXIT /b

Create file "nginx-restart.bat"

    @ECHO OFF
    call nginx-stop.bat
    call nginx-start.bat
    EXIT /b

Test

Doble click on "nginx-start.bat"
Open your browser if every thing work you can see like this
Create folder like "test-php" in "C:\www"
Create file "index.php"
```
 <?php phpinfo(); ?>
```
Open your browser and go to "localhost/test-php"
If every thing ok you can see
At the end , nginx php now working.

Notes:
Sometimes , nginx & php cannot working properly if your run with nginx-start.bat
so you need to run php manually
open your terminal, run your php "php-cgi -b 127.0.0.1:9999"
and now your nginx & php work properly