Setting Up Apache, PHP & MySQL On Windows
By Amrit Hallan
2004-02-25
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Installing PHP
You can download the latest version of PHP (for Apache on Windows) from http://in.php.net/get/php-5.0.0b4-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror
After you have downloaded the file, extract it in a suitable folder. Let the path be c:\php.
You can run PHP for Windows in two ways: - a CGI executable (php.exe) and as an API module. I recommend using the API module and we'll configure PHP that way.
Once you have installed PHP in c:\php, locate a file there named php.ini. Copy this file to WINDOWS or WINNT folder.
If it is not already set, set extension_dir=c:\php in your php.ini file.
Now the part where PHP runs as an API module.
You need to locate two files in c:\php and they are php5apache.dll and php5ts.dll. Make sure these files here in this folder and in the same location.
Remember you installed Apache in c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2? In Apache2 there is a folder "conf" and in this there is a file "httpd.conf". Open this file (I suggest you take a backup of this file before tinkering with it), and add the following lines somewhere:
LoadModule php5_module c:/php/php5apache2.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
If you want to use a PHP file (index.php) go to the line that contains:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.shtml
Add index.php to it such that it appears as DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.shtml index.php
That's it. You are ready to unleash PHP on your computer.
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