Setup Apache, PHP, and MySQL

(Change this top section to have the new files and instructions)

1. Download the software you need:
   Apache v2.0.59 or v2.2.4
   PHP v5.2.1 Installer or v5.2.6
   (PHP) PECL v5.2.1 Win32 binaries or v5.2.6
   MySQL Server (v5.0.37)
   MySQL GUI Tools (v5.0 r11a)
   Note: Apache 2.2.21 seems to works with PHP 5.2.17 VC6 Thread Safe.

2. Install the software:
   Apache
   PHP Installer
   MySQL Server
   MySQL GUI Tools

3. Extract the contents of the PHP PECL zip file to the C:\Program Files\PHP\ext directory.

4. Make sure you have the following settings in the C:\Program Files\PHP\php.ini file:
   extension_dir="C:/Program Files/PHP/ext"
   extension=php_mysql.dll
   extension=php_mysqli.dll
   and any other extensions you think you will need.
   Also, if there is a version of the php.ini file in the windows directory, remove it.

5. In your Apache httpd.conf file...
   Change the DirectoryIndex line to include index.php:
   DirectoryIndex index.php index.shtml index.html index.html.var index.htm default.htm

   Change the DocumentRoot line to be your web site home directory:
   Ex.: DocumentRoot "C:/www"
   I changed my DocumentRoot so I would not have to always navigate a through a the directory tree to get to my Web documents.

   Change the *Directory ...* line to match the DocumentRoot you set above:
   *Directory "C:/www"*
   where the *'s are the 'less than' and 'greater than' symbols respectively.
   
   For Apache to actually run PHP you need to set up PHP as a Handler for .php files.
   Add the following to the bottom of the httpd.conf file:
   #
   LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
   AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
   
   # configure the path to php.ini
   PHPIniDir "C:/php"
   where "c:/php/php5apache2.dll" is the existing DLL in your PHP directory.

Original (old) instructions...

Setup Apache, PHP, and MySQL

1. Download the software you need:
   Apache v2.0.59 or v2.2.4
   PHP v5.2.1 Installer or v5.2.6
   (PHP) PECL v5.2.1 Win32 binaries or v5.2.6
   MySQL Server (v5.0.37)
   MySQL GUI Tools (v5.0 r11a)
   Note: Apache 2.2.21 seems to works with PHP 5.2.17 VC6 Thread Safe.

2. Install the software:
   Apache
   PHP Installer
   MySQL Server
   MySQL GUI Tools

3. Extract the contents of the PHP PECL zip file to the C:\Program Files\PHP\ext directory.

4. Make sure you have the following settings in the C:\Program Files\PHP\php.ini file:
   extension_dir="C:/Program Files/PHP/ext"
   extension=php_mysql.dll
   extension=php_mysqli.dll
   and any other extensions you think you will need.
   Also, if there is a version of the php.ini file in the windows directory, remove it.

5. In your Apache httpd.conf file...
   Change the DirectoryIndex line to include index.php:
   DirectoryIndex index.php index.shtml index.html index.html.var index.htm default.htm

   Change the DocumentRoot line to be your web site home directory:
   Ex.: DocumentRoot "C:/www"
   I changed my DocumentRoot so I would not have to always navigate a through a the directory tree to get to my Web documents.

   Change the *Directory ...* line to match the DocumentRoot you set above:
   *Directory "C:/www"*
   where the *'s are the 'less than' and 'greater than' symbols respectively.