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Installing PHP+Apache+PhpMyAdmin+MySQL

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CoolNeptune

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Hi,

I want to install these ontop my windows xp machine but don't know the best way to put them on. I have used phpdev in the fast but looking now at xampp or wamp5. Anyone know what is best to use? Setup looks about the same just looking at what ver. they are running and it seems like wamp5 is using a slightly higher ver. of all the programs. Any reason I should not use PHP5 vs PHP4? Or has anyone ever used Webserv for windows, it is what is recomended for torrentflux, somthing I use on my linux machine.

Sorry if that is alot, but just looking to set up this locally on my computer and I don't know how to do it without having apache connectioning to a website. Maybe loopback? Anyway Thanks!!!
 
Simply download each from their website.
Install Apache before PHP, MySQL in any order. And then phpMyAdmin at the end (it needs both PHP & MySQL to work :)

PHP5 vs PHP4:
Unless you have a specific requirement that PHP5 made obsolete then PHP5 would make most sense - the only major changes are to Objects, which has a compatability mode flag to make it work PHP4ish.
 
phpdev and xampp have both worked good for me in the past. at first i just used them for development purposes but then i turned an old 98se box into a server and hosted some material off it using phpdev without any problems.
 
Well, your in luck / out-of-luck from my end. I am writing a HUGE Detailed PDF (with possible accompanying vids) on how to install Apache/PHP/MySQL/PhpMyAdmin/Perl/Python/Subversion/Trac. I am on page 3 of it, and as I keep seeing post like this pop up in gives me the strength to keep writing this damnable thing.

In anycase, you can view this quick videos I made...
Testing Apache
Php Install
Hooking and Testing Php with Apache
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When I get to work at 10AM (2 hours from now) I will have more time to tell you in words how to set it up. If your not "capable" of downloading .msi files, and doing simple textpad edits, or feel uncomfortable with it, then by all means go with XAMPP or a similar service. I believe in the end though you'll have to do some editing to any of the files to improve security issues. O'well.
 
abudhu said:
When I get to work at 10AM (2 hours from now) I will have more time to tell you in words how to set it up. If your not "capable" of downloading .msi files, and doing simple textpad edits, or feel uncomfortable with it, then by all means go with XAMPP or a similar service. I believe in the end though you'll have to do some editing to any of the files to improve security issues. O'well.
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Cool. The only real thing I am unsure on doing is setting it up so everything runs as a localhost. When ever I install apache it always wants to connect to a remote server or wants a name of the server adress or domain.
 
this site helped me a lot when i first setup a WAMP.

as for PHP4 vs. PHP5, i recommend going with PHP5 if this is your first install or if you want to do Object-oriented Programming in PHP. Also, i found migrating from PHP4 to PHP5 to be completely painless, they really went out of their way to make it as backwards compatible as possible, though there are a few minor gotchas to look our for, they never really cropped up for me.
 
I went with xampp for just a test. I think I'm going to config all of them when I set it up on another linux machine I have.
 
I've used EasyPHP for some development on my machine here at work. I can't say I have any complaints.
 
http://www.easyphp.org

I have always used EasyPHP to setup everything for Web Development. I've been out of the game for the past year so I'm not sure what version of PHP it uses but you can always update it. They tell how to update PHP in the FAQ page on the site.

It's the easiest all-in-one package I have dealt with.
 
I've only used Wamp5 and it works flawlessly. Sets everything up quickly, no mess. Comes with PHPAdmin and it couldn't be easier to install and use. Highly recommended by me :)
 
benamaster said:
Why not just use IIS? It comes with Windows XP Professional.
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Because it's evil :p

Seriously, because Apache, PHP, and MySQL play together quite well. I may have to be setting up PHP and MySQL on IIS soon, and I'm dreading it.

edit: I'm a fan of XAMPP, myself.
 
PopeKevinI said:
I may have to be setting up PHP and MySQL on IIS soon, and I'm dreading it.
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it's really not hard at all. i've done Windows/IIS/MySQL/PHP (WIMP :)) many times. I recommend installing PHP as an ISAPI module instead of CGI, it's much faster. Just read the instructions that come with PHP, it very detailed.
the MySQL install on Windows is a no-brainer.

If running IIS6, you can also enable GZip Compression, it's a tiny bit tricky, as it involves modifying the Metabase, but nothing hard, instructions here
 
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