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I was able to resolve the problem after several efforts. The server just needed the update http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.…?id=306… (Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 3. Hope it help you too. Good LUCK

i met this issue while installing php manually for iis 8 but it led me to a two-day demise, the following solutions worked for me :

// turn on iis first using windows turn on and turn off feature
* deleted the non thread safe version of php
*installed php using this link http://php.iis.net/ --- (click " install php now")it will install web platform installer, and through that, you can install php, leave everything check (default ---php drivers, php,etc)

*once done, open internet information services manager/iis
*on the features view(middle panel), scroll down and double click "default document"
*on the user-right hand side, under actions panel, click enable

*on your browser, check if it works now : http://localhost
BUT if the port 80 is used already, change iis port from 80 to any number, mine is 8080 (commonly preferred)

To change port number of iis :

*under connections panel - left user hand side, click Default Web Site (expand the entries)
*under actions panel-user right hand side, UNDER edit site, click bindings
*highlight the port 80 selection, click the edit button
*on the edit site binding dialog box, on the port textbox, input 8080 (if that is the port number you prefer)
*hit ok

*on the browser, input http://localhost:8080/
*if everything works fine and if you already have a php file on your wwwroot folder, example (info.php)
you should be able to see that on the page

(if you don't have a php file yet)
open notepad or any php editor that you have and type the following:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
then save it to C:\inetpub\wwwroot as info.php
refresh your browser and check if everything works fine


well, these are just the things i did, it may or may not work for you(hopefully it does), i had also encountered that missing dll, though i had it on the system and the above steps worked fine with me