IIS 6.0 with PHP and FASTCGI - error exited unexpectedly

Question

I have a windows 2003 server using IIS6 and PHP. I am using a PHP Framework and on loading a page of the framework, after 15 seconds I get the following error:

FastCGI Error

The FastCGI Handler was unable to process the request.
Error Details:

The FastCGI process exited unexpectedly
Error Number: -2147467259 (0x80004005).
Error Description: Unspecified error
HTTP Error 500 - Server Error.
Internet Information Services (IIS)

My Fast CGI settings are as follows:

[PHP 5.3]
ExePath=c:\php5.3\php-cgi.exe
EnvironmentVars=PHPRC:C:\php5.3
IdleTimeout=9000000
ActivityTimeout=900000
RequestTimeout=900000
InstanceMaxRequests=10000

Does anybody know whats going wrong?

UPDATE

After looking at the Event Viewer, I can see the following error: Faulting application php-cgi.exe, version 5.3.9.0, faulting module php5.dll, version 5.3.9.0, fault address 0x00091818.

Answer 1

What exact version of PHP are you using?

You should use the VC9 versions, to use PHP with IIS.

Also you will need to have the Microsoft 2008 C++ Runtime installed:

x86 version: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en

x64 version: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=bd2a6171-e2d6-4230-b809-9a8d7548c1b6&displaylang=en

Also, if register_globals is set to 'On' in php.ini, you will get this error.

0x80004005 is normally a security issue.