MapServer/PHP Mapscript binary package from Maptools.org. 



Table of Contents
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1- Contents of this package
2- Installation Instructions
3- Contact information for support questions



1- Contents of this package
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This package contains a binary (executable) distribution of MapServer for 
Windows 95/98/NT/XP/2000 on Intel platform:

- PHP MapScript (php_mapscript_46.dll) is a PHP extension module to make
  MapServer's MapScript functionalities available in PHP.

  The php_mapscript_46.DLL included in this ZIP file was compiled
  with the PHP-5.1.1 code and should be used with the "PHP-5.1.1-Win32.zip"
  PHP binaries found on the official PHP site (http:/www.php.net/).

- The MapServer CGI (mapserv.exe) and the following MapServer command-line
  utilities are also included:
   - legend.exe
   - scalebar.exe
   - shp2img.exe
   - shptree.exe
   - sortshp.exe
   - tile4ms.exe
   - shapetreevis.exe

- MapServer version and options:

 MapServer version 4.6.1 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=PDF
 OUTPUT=SWF OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER 
 SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER 
 INPUT=JPEG INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE DEBUG=MSDEBUG




- Dependecy dlls are includes in this  Zip file. 
  Dependecies DLLs come from external libaries used to
  build Mapserver. Here are the libaries and versions used in this build :

  * GDAL  version 1.3.1
  * Libcurl  version 7.10.15
  * Xcerces version 1.6.0
  * ECW  version 3.1
  * PDF version 4.0.3
  * Proj4 version 4.4.9
  * PostgresSQL 8.0.1
  


 - Special Features

   * The number of possible layers has been increated from 200 to 500
   * The number of possible symbols has been increased from 64 to 500
  

2- Installation instructions
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We are assuming that you are already familiar with setting a web server 
and php. If that is not the case you should refer to documenations 
regarding web servers (example apache : www.apache.org) and how to
install php on windows at http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php.  

Mapserver.exe is a cgi program and should be installed in a
directory where other cgi binaries are intalled. This depends on the
web server that you are using. In the case of Apache server the cgi 
directory is Apache\cgi-bin.

php_mapscript_46.dll is a php extension and should be installed
with all other php extensions. For details on this please refer to   
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.extensions.php


Mapserver was build using several external libraries. Some of these 
libraries come with windows dlls that need to be installed on your
system. 

There are several ways to intstall these dlls. 

 1) Create a directory and add this directory to your path

  Unzip the files into a directory (example: c:\mapserver_binaries) and 
  add this directory into your system path.  
  Here are the steps to add a path on a Windows XP machine 
  (Depending on the windows version, the setps might be diffrent):

    * Click on START (lower left)
    * Under "Settings" click on "Control Panel"
    * Click on the "System" icon.
    * Click on the "Advanced" tab.
    * Click on the "Environment Variables" button (bottom).
    * Highlight "PATH" (in the top window) and click the "edit" button.  
    * Add your path at the end (c:\mapserver_binaries)
    * After you have finished editing the PATH, click "OK".  You are 
      done setting your PATH. 
    * Exit the control panel 


2) Copy the dll's with the mapserver and/or php binaries

  If your are using exclusivley mapserver as a cgi, you can copy all the 
  Dlls at the same location as the mapserv.exe (inside the cgi binary
  directory)

  If you are using exclusivley php mapscript, you can copy all the 
  Dlls at the same location as the php.exe file.

  If your are using both, you should copy the Dll's in both directories
  specfied above 


3) Copy the dlls into your system directory

  The DLL's in this archive can be extracted to your system 
  directory--either in "Windows\system" on Win95/98 or "WINNT\System32" 
  on WinNT/2000.

    



3- Contact information for support questions
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This binary distribution has been fully tested and is expected to run without 
problems in a properly configured environment. If the software fails to install
 or to operate properly for you, then you may seek help through mapserver user 
lists at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/support.html. 

IMPORTANT: This binary distribution does NOT include any support for the
development of web mapping sites using the provided software. However,
professional technical support can be purchased through DM Solutions 
Group.

For more information about PHP Mapscript visit :
  http://www.maptools.org/php_mapscript/