Need to install zencart using IIS 7

[hamid84]

I have manged to install mysql and php and it seems to be working fine.

My question is how do i install zen cart now?/ Where should i place zen cart directory??

Do i need phpmyadmin to create database? If so then how do i install that?

If not then, how would i create databse for zencart manually into mysql?

I am very new to local machine side...

Thanks

[hamid84]

I put the zencart directory in www folder.... tried http://192.168.1.2/zen..

Setup screen comes up, but i get the following error..

MySql support = off

I really dont know what to do here.

Thanks

[DrByte]

if it says MySQL support = off ... then you don't have MySQL running on your server, or at least your PHP setup doesn't know about it.

A more important question is ... why are you trying to do this?

[hamid84]

Drbyte, Interesting question!!

I dont know why but all of sudden it came in my mind and i thought why not IIS??

Took me 2 days to figure out how to install php after searching on google.

Now i am happy with xampp as i always was... IIS was just for the sake of experiment.....

[DrByte]

If you didn't install the MySQL Connector for PHP, then PHP would never know about the existence of MySQL on your server. It's a separate download after installing MySQL itself.

Apache is always a much more reliable webserver engine than IIS anyway.