# PHP not redirecting to next page (IIS7) **URL:** \ **Category:** PHP Installation and Configuration\ **Created:** [February 5, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/php-not-redirecting-to-next-page-iis7/22032 "2014-02-05T00:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crosstown](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@crosstown](https://www.phphelp.com/u/crosstown)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/php-not-redirecting-to-next-page-iis7/22032/1 "2014-02-05T00:41:30Z")
I have installed PHP 5.4 with IIS7. I also have MySQL5.5 installed. Running localhost I can open the initial PHP page which is a login page to my website but when I click on a button on that page that should transfer me to the next page all I get is a blank screen. I initially developed these pages on a different PC under Apache and everything works fine. I started from scratch installing PHP on the box with IIS. Then I just transferred my previously developed pages to the root directory. I am assuming that the php code should not change. I think I must be missing something critical in the php.ini file but I don’t know what that is. Several installation instructions from the web all seem to be slightly different. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![scottlpool2003](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@scottlpool2003](https://www.phphelp.com/u/scottlpool2003)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 9:01am UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/php-not-redirecting-to-next-page-iis7/22032/2 "2014-02-05T09:01:36Z")
I’m running IIS 7. Go into your PHP manager and go into error reporting and open the log. I’m taking it you have it set as a production machine, this means errors are not shown on the page but rather in the log. If you have any trouble troubleshooting via the log, get back and I’ll take a look. ---
**Author:** ![crosstown](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@crosstown](https://www.phphelp.com/u/crosstown)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/php-not-redirecting-to-next-page-iis7/22032/3 "2014-02-06T18:26:27Z")
Thanks. Let me state that I am not well versed in the “under the covers” setup that needs to be done. I am primarily an applications person. I have found the logs for IIS but I do not see php manager. I am starting to think that I may need to reinstall PHP. Like I said initially I have found several links for install instructions on the web and each one has some slightly different information. This site [http://blog.pluralsight.com/iis-7-install-fastcgi-php](http://blog.pluralsight.com/iis-7-install-fastcgi-php) (first does this look like a good set of instructions?) does not mention copying the php.ini file to the windows folder like other instructions say to. Just leave it in the PHP folder. Does it make a difference? Right now the .ini in the windows folder and the .ini in the php folder are different. Also I may not have selected IIS FastCGI like it suggests, although I did do some fastcgi settings through the IIS manager. The primary changes to php.ini appear to be: fastcgi.impersonate = 1 cgi.fix\_pathinfo = 1 cgi.force\_redirect = 0 I have also seen these: open\_basedir = c:\inetpub fastcgi.logging = 0 doc\_root = “C:\inetpub\wwwroot” extension\_dir = :C:\php\ext" extensions = php\_mbstring.dll extensions=php\_gd2.dll extensions=php\_mysqli.dll extensions=php\_mysql.dll session.save\_path=“C:\php\session” I don’t know which of these are required and which are not. Then recently I learned something else about where I am installing on IIS. There is another website already setup under IIS running [asp.net](http://asp.net). I know that these cannot run at the same time through the same port. So I am sure that complicates things. Can both of these even be running on the same server? or am I fighting a losing battle? Like I said I am not a systems guy so any help is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Topcoder](https://www.phphelp.com/user_avatar/www.phphelp.com/topcoder/32/4356_2.png) [@Topcoder](https://www.phphelp.com/u/Topcoder)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/php-not-redirecting-to-next-page-iis7/22032/4 "2014-02-06T18:38:15Z")
I use IIS7 also… I bet your php code is using Short tags… Add this to you php.ini short\_open\_tag = 1 ---
**Author:** ![waleed444](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@waleed444](https://www.phphelp.com/u/waleed444)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 10:30am UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/php-not-redirecting-to-next-page-iis7/22032/5 "2015-02-24T10:30:27Z")
Thus I guess the PHP programmers will have to change their code, running with PHP 5.5.x. * * * aliiii