Php 5.2.3 with iis 5.1 not working

i have installed php i believe correctly. i have followed most of the internet instructions on how to install php with iis. i can run php from the command line and see the information about php. at the command line i type php -v and php 5.2.3 (cli) (built: may 31 2007.........
i think php is working. in iis i have added all the php5isapi.dll to the mappings.
when i try to use ie i get a message about opening or saving the test.php.
it all seems to be in place just missing something.

I have never used iis but with apache you have to restart the service after adding the module, have you restarted the iis service? Just a suggestion

Andrew

thanks for the response. i had started and restarted numerous times. i found that some of the virtual websites worked with PHP and some did not. i placed a test.php in the directories and some worked some did not. i think it has to do with the options for the default websites. it works where i need it so i will try to figure it out as i go.

Did the doc_root setting in php.ini get set to something like the following -
Did the path to the php folder get added to the Windows path statement?

Also, did the IUSR_xxxxxx user account get added as follows -

The best, up to date, installation instructions are in the php manual and which are repeated in the install.txt that comes with php.

Finally, is there a reason why you want to use IIS? PHP is much easier to get working with an Apache web server.

i needed to have a better understanding of iis. i have apache with debian as well.