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PHP on IIS: “No input file specified”

When you host your PHP website on Windows Server IIS, you may receive an "No input file specified" error message, when a HTTP request is made to non-existing .php files. When this happens you probably have no Request Restrictions configured in IIS PHP handler settings. Here is how to fix the "no input file specified error" with PHP and IIS.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On30-09-2011
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