Setting Up Apache and PHP in Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Monday, 12 July 2010 21:00
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Setting up Apache & PHP in Windows
I. Installation - Apache
1. Download
Download URL : http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi Choose 2.2.15 (released 2010-03-06) or recent stable release
2. Install Apache by clicking the installer. Be sure you have Administrator privileges. Follow the step by step
installation.
3. After successful installation, Open your web browser and type "http://localhost" or "http://127.0.0.1". You
should see a page showing that Apache was successfully installed.
II. Intallation - PHP
1. Download PHP
Download URl : http://www.php.net/downloads.php choose PHP 5.2.13 zip package or recent stable release from the
windows binaries
2. After downloading extract the PHP package in your preferred drive location.
III Apache COnfiguration to acknowledge PHP
1. Open the httpd.conf (Apache_Installation_Path\conf\httpd.conf )
2. Add the following lines of directives at the bottom of the file.
LoadModule php5_module Apache_Installation_Path\php5apache2_2.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
3. Restart the Apache Web server
You may restart the server using the Apache tray icon (Located at the Windows tray) by or by using a console
command "httpd -k restart"
IV Running PHP script
1. Open the httpd.conf (Apache_Installation_Path\conf\httpd.conf) and look for the following line of directive
(Line 178)
DocumentRoot "C:/Apache2.2/htdocs"
2. Change it to
DocumentRoot "Preffered_PHP_scripts_path"
ie. DocumentRoot "C:/George_Files/php_scripts"
3. Restart the Apache Web server
You may restart the server using the Apache tray icon (Located at the Windows tray) by or by typing a console
command "httpd -k restart"
3. Create a PHP file to check if it works.
ie.
4. Save the file with the name you preferred. Be sure to end it with a ".php" extension name.
ie. test.php
5. On your browser again type "http://localhost/test.php" and you will see the string "This is a php string.".
Last Updated on Monday, 12 July 2010 21:04
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