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Installing Apache, PHP, MySql and Perl on Windows
How to set up a server with Apache , PHP , MySQL , Perl , phpMyAdmin on your home Windows PC.
Let's start by installing apache (http server) . you can download the
apache installer on www.apache.org . download the verion you like ,
even thought , in win systems i recomand verion 2 (this tutorials is
for apache 2) . here is a link for it :
is a next , next , finish 'work' ... The installer will ask you some details like
your server name , your server adress and the admin's mail adress . if
you have a domain name or a hostname , enter the info's like this :
Server Name : your_domain.org Server Adress : www.your-domain.org Admin Email : email@example.com
next , finish to fiinish the instllation . Advice : Install it in c: (he creates
a folder for it , don't worry) to make sure you configure it easyer .
If you are finished , open up a browser and write in the adress bar :
Let's install PHP . download the archives from www.php.net . Here is a
direct link for verion 4.3.9 :
downloading it , extract the archive in c:/php (this is to simplify paths) .
Now , open up c:/apache/conf/httpd.conf and search for this line :
#LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so LoadModule php4_module "c:/php/sapi/php4apache2.dll" AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3 AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks # # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files. # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords: # Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit # AllowOverride None
Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI # # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files. # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords: # Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit # AllowOverride All
see the content of a folder without getting a 403 forbidden error .
Now search for :
DirectoryIndex index.html index.var.html
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
Restart apache server shortcut in the start menu or by writing :
net apache restart
you have php working for your server. Now let's configure php and
make sure it really works ! Open up c:/php/php.ini (php.ini-dist renamed)
and search for this paragraph :
max_execution_time = 60 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds max_input_time = 60 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data memory_limit = 5M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB)
max_execution_time = 300 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds max_input_time = 300 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data memory_limit = 5M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB)
register_globals = Off
register_globals = On
extension_dir = ".\"
extension_dir = "c:/php/extensions"
Search for :
;Windows Extensions ;Note that MySQL and ODBC support is now built in, so no dll is needed for it.
extension=php_bz2.dll extension=php_db.dll extension=php_gd2.dll extension=php_java.dll extension=php_msql.dll extension=php_pdf.dll extension=php_pgsql.dll extension=php_sockets.dll
function . you need this !!!) Search for :
[mail function] ; For Win32 only. SMTP = smtp_port = 25 ; For Win32 only. ;sendmail_from =
[mail function] ; For Win32 only. SMTP = mail.isp.org smtp_port = 25 ; For Win32 only. sendmail_from = mail@your_domain.org
[mail function] ; For Win32 only. SMTP = localhost smtp_port = 25 ; For Win32 only. sendmail_from = mail@your_domain.org
Save the files . Now let's finalize the php installation . copy all the dll's
from c:/php/dlls into c:/windows/system32 . copy c:/php/php4ts.dll into
c:/windows/system32/ and copy php.ini from your folder php into
windows and system32 folder . restart apache . open up notepad and
add this into the file :
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
open up a browser . in the adress bar write :
you can optionaly install zend optimizer . i am using it ... it doesn't
needs a tutorial . to install the PEAR modules for php , just run the
go-pear batch from the php folder and 2click the reg file to finish the
let's install mysql . download mysql from http://www.mysql.com/ .
this tutorial applyes to verion 4.0.* ... i don't recomand using mysql
4.1 . here is a direct link :
install mysql in c:/mysql and complete the installation . open up command
prompt and write this :
cd mysql cd bin mysqld-max-nt --install
consider downloading mysql control center . a gui tool to administrate the
server in a graphical mode . here is a link :
window will pop-up . it will ask you to add a new connection . here are the
info's you need to fill in :
name : localhost or main or whatever :) host : localhost user : root pass :
expand the users menu and delete all users except root@localhost . right
click it and select edit user . change it's password to whatever you want
now right click the server and select edit . change the password to the
pass you chosed for user root . as easy as that . mysql is installed !
phpMyADmin . you can download it from http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ .
i recommend using verion 2.5.1 pl1 . the last verion is still bugy
download , unzip the contecnt into a folder in htdocs (phpMyAdmin) and
open up config.inc.php with a text editor .
search for :
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = '';
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = http://www.your_domain.org/phpMyAdmin/';
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '';
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'password';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
Perl . Optioanl for your server , very usefull . i recomend you to install
it . you can download it from http://www.activestate.com/ . here is a
direct link :
folder (c:/apache/cgi-bin) .
Hope this helped , you're welcome . Just leave your money on the refrigerator
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