install php fpm windows

1Here how to setup php-fpm on Windows:
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3Download the .zip file from http://windows.php.net/download/. The .zip file should be VC9 which has the FastCGI file (php-cgi.exe). Don't download VC6, and don't download the .msi file because it requires that you have IIS setup already in order to install php-fpm. The zip file contains the php-cgi.exe which is what you need for php-fpm. I downloaded a slightly older version, php-5.3.10-Win32-VC9-x86.zip, from here http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/archives/ because I wanted to match the version running on my production server.
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5Unzip the file, e.g. unzip into C:\php-5.3.10-Win32-VC9-x86
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7Edit the php.ini file as needed. What I did:
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9# nginx security setting
10cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
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12extension_dir = "C:\php-5.3.10-Win32-VC9-x86\ext"
13enable the following modules by uncommenting them:
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15extension=php_curl.dll
16extension=php_mbstring.dll
17extension=php_mysqli.dll
18Create a .bat file somewhere, e.g. start-php-fcgi.bat in webserver directory or in the PHP directory:
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20@ECHO OFF
21ECHO Starting PHP FastCGI...
22set PATH=C:\php-5.3.10-Win32-VC9-x86;%PATH%
23C:\php-5.3.10-Win32-VC9-x86\php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1:9123 -c C:\php-5.3.10-Win32-VC9-x86\php.ini
24Double click the .bat file to start php-fpm. A window will popup and stay open while its running. Its kind of annoying, but just haven't looked into setting it up as service yet.
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26Configure your webserver. If you wish to use it with nginx, here a config sample for 127.0.0.1:9123:
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28location ~ \.php$ {
29    fastcgi_pass    127.0.0.1:9123;
30    fastcgi_index   index.php;
31    fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
32    include         fastcgi_params;
33}

1sudo apt install php php-fpm