PHP + Apache + MySQL perfect setup

[html] This tutorial will show you with a lot of illustration how to setup a perfect WAMP - Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP - development environment.

Near the basic components you can find some nice tool which can help you to improve development process.
The following softwares will be installed during this tutorial:

• Apache 2.2.3
• MySQL 5.0.27
• Php 5.2
• SQLyog
• PHP Designer 2007

Installing Apache

Apache Step 1.
Download Apache 2.2.3 from the Apache website: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

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Apache Step 2.
Start installation.

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Apache Step 3.
Accept the license agreement.

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Apache Step 4.
Setup a network and server domain. In the development environment you can write what you want here. Generally use localhost

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Apache Step 5.
Select installation mode. The typical is perfect for us.

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Apache Step 6.
Select in installation directory, where you want to store Apache main files.

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Apache Step 7.
Finish the installation

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Apache Step 8.
To test your new installed web server open a web browser and visit the URL: http://localhost You should get a result like this:




We will come back later to refine Apache configuration, but now let's install PHP.

article index
page 1 - current : untitled page
page 2 : Installing PHP
page 3 : Installing MySQL - Part 1
page 4 : Installing MySQL - Part 2
page 5 : Fine tune PHP
page 6 : MySQL Management
page 7 : MySQL skills
page 8 : PHP IDE