[SOLVED] Installing PHP

Graisbeck · Nov 21st, 2007, 13:19

Hi all,

I want to install PHP on my pc (winxp) so that I can see how a basic forum that I'm creating will work before its published. Can I please have some ideas on the simplest way to do this.

Thanks in advance,

Gary

karinne · Nov 21st, 2007, 13:21

Moving to Apache and IIS

dab42pat · Nov 21st, 2007, 14:15

install xampp, it installs php mysql and apache and sets up basic configuration so you can use it straight away.

alexgeek · Nov 21st, 2007, 14:53

Link to xampp http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

longstand · Nov 21st, 2007, 16:19

Try Sebastian Sulinski.com and learn how to install a real webserver, this way you can learn how to input Mysql commands via command promt.

He also has some excellent tutorials there!

Graisbeck · Nov 22nd, 2007, 11:42

Thanks for the links, I'll check them out.

Gary

Graisbeck · Nov 25th, 2007, 11:24

Thanks again for your advice and links, I've downloaded xampp and got it working ok. So thread solved.

Gary

longstand · Nov 25th, 2007, 16:27

Hello Gary!

When using XAMPP you will want to use phpmyadmin, you can access it by clicking the admin button nect to the apache button inside the xammp control panel, my point is phpmyadmin takes some tweaking to get going properly ifyou get stuck, let me no

Andy.