Installing PHP on WinXP-Home

Wanted: current (2008) step-by-step guide

[lavazza]

Hi there,

I am looking for a current (2008) step-by-step guide to installing PHP on WinXP-Home

All I want/need to do in the short term is get php-includes working on my local machine for development/testing purposes only

I have read dozens of 'tutorials' and forum discussions (including a few here on WebmasterWorld) and followed - to the letter (or char!) - three, including henry0's v detailed guide from Sept 2004 [webmasterworld.com]... all without success... I suspect because I have yet to find a guide to installing the LATEST (stable) versions of PHP and Apache

I have (successfully) uploaded (to my domain server) a 'hello world' style test, so I KNOW that my local machine set-up is wrong

Anyhoo... rather than run around in ever-decreasing circles, I'm hoping that someone here will point me in the right direction

HELP!

Please :)

[steve]

Try searching for 'XAMPP' for Windows I found it very easy to install.

It contains Apache, PHP, MySQL plus some other bit and pieces.

[jatar_k]

I have used henry0's thread and it worked

I also used this one from our library

[webmasterworld.com...]

[coopster]

I've done it so many times it seems to come easy nowadays but I always find myself referring to the PHP installation [php.net] manual pages if I need to double-check the details.

[lavazza]

Thanks for the tips

I have tried XAMPP and, despite (seeming to be) a VERY simple and straightforward install procedure, I still can't get PHP to work... even though the XAMPP-Control-Panel said Apache, PHP, MySQL were installed correctly... 127.1.1.1 loaded no problems

Gaaaaa!

I have a hunch there's something awry with my set up... maybe the WinFirewall (Service Pack TWO)...

Hmmm... it's been a while since I formatted my HD...

[steve]

even though the XAMPP-Control-Panel said Apache, PHP, MySQL were installed correctly

Can you see the Apache welcome page in your browser?

If so create mypage.php with <?php phpinfo(); ?> and see what it says.

[jatar_k]

you also may be in the position that you have some bits lying around from multiple attempts

I've done this myself while testing different install tutorials.

try removing everything, downloads, conf files, directories, everything

then start fresh