Php – IIS HTTP Error 403.18 – ASP.NET MVC 3 (with PHP 5.3 installed?)

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I am getting this error when I am setting up a ASP.NET MVC3 application onto an IIS server.

HTTP Error 403.18 - Forbidden

The specified request cannot be processed in the application 
pool that is configured for this resource on the Web server.

However the strange thing comes from below; detailed error information:

Module IIS Web Core

Notification

BeginRequest

Handler
PHP53_via_FastCGI

Error Code
0x00000000

Requested URL
http://localhost:80/index.php?q=OCOM/Account/LogOn

Physical Path
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.php

Logon Method
Not yet determined

Logon User
Not yet determined

Is there some kind of 'misconfiguration' whereby the PHP engine somehow interpreted the ASP.NET MVC3 request into a php one? Frankly I don't really understand what went wrong as my local machine works fine with a similar setup (installed PHP, etc. using Microsoft Web PI)

Best Answer

I'm guessing you have URL Rewrite setup in the root of your website for index.php.

So, if you're running your MVC application in a subdirectory, you can unregister that index.php URL rewrite for that subdirectory.

To do this, just open up IIS manager, click on the subdirectory under your website, and use the "Filter:" box to type "rewrite" and it'll let you get into the URL Rewrite config area.

Then you'll probably see a rewrite rule listed there that you'll want to select (click once) and hit "Disable rule" on the right.

OK?

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In ASP.NET MVC you don't browse to your view files directly. You have to use the routes that are setup in your site's Application_Start() event.

For example, a new ASP.NET MVC project adds this route by default in global.asax:

routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}",                           
    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }  
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It also adds a default controller and action:

public class HomeController : Controller {
  public ActionResult Index() {
    ViewData["Message"] = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";
    return View();
  }
}

And a View under Views/Home named Index.aspx.

Instead of using the address http://mysite.com/Views/Home/Index.aspx you would use http://mysite.com/Home/Index

You can learn more about routing here: http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc/#MVC_Routing

Php – Problem with IIS 7.0 / PHP and new website in different physical location on hard drive (NOT WWWROOT)

There are 2 user accounts that may come into play. One is the app pool identity set on the app pool, and the other is the anonymous user account set on the website (I assume that you're using anonymous).

First off, on the website Authentication / Anonymous settings, set that to use the app pool identity. Then you only have 1 user to worry about.

For the app pool, you can set a custom user, or use IIS APPPOOL{app pool name}. That's the user that needs write permissions on disk. Also make sure that the PHP app isn't writing to a different folder than you expect ... one that doesn't have permissions.

For why PHP doesn't work under another site, do you get any error or status code? It may be the binding isn't correct.

Some great tools to help are: - process monitor from sysinternals.com. Pretty easy to learn and it's a quick download and free. Run it while you reproduce the issue. Then stop it so that it doesn't overwhelm you with data. Search for the word 'denied'. That should jump right to where your issue is. (use this for both the first site and second site issues) - IIS logs will tell what status code you get for the second issue issue. - Failed Request Tracing (FRT) can be set at the site level, and it will also tell you a lot. This will be more helpful on the second site issue.

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