Apache Installation

Apache Download (2.0) http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

Apache Docs (2.0) http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/

Apache for MS Windows http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/platform/windows.html

Run the Apache .msi file you downloaded above. The installation will ask you for these things:

• Network Domain. Enter the DNS domain in which your server is or will be registered in. For example, if your server's full DNS name is server.mydomain.net, you would type mydomain.net here.
• Server Name. Your server's full DNS name. From the example above, you would type server.mydomain.net here.
• Administrator's Email Address. Enter the server administrator's or webmaster's email address here. This address will be displayed along with error messages to the client by default.
• For whom to install Apache Select for All Users, on Port 80, as a Service - Recommended if you'd like your new Apache to listen at port 80 for incoming traffic. It will run as a service (that is, Apache will run even if no one is logged in on the server at the moment) Select only for the Current User, on Port 8080, when started Manually if you'd like to install Apache for your personal experimenting or if you already have another WWW server running on port 80.
• The installation type. Select Typical for everything except the source code and libraries for module development. With Custom you can specify what to install. A full install will require about 13 megabytes of free disk space. This does not include the size of your web site(s).
• Where to install. The default path is C:\Program Files\Apache Group under which a directory called Apache2 will be created by default.

NOTE: Install to C:\Apache2

NOTE: Make sure path to Apache is set in Windows environment

PHP Installation

PHP Downloads (5.0) http://www.php.net/downloads.php

PHP Documentation for Windows Installation -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php

1. Extract files to C:\php
2. Add this to your WINDOWS Path
3. Set up php.ini file from php-ini_recommended

   DISPLAY_ERRORS ON

4. Edit Apache http.conf file - add the following lines:
   

   # For PHP 4 do something like this:
   LoadModule php4_module "c:/php/php4apache2.dll"
   # Don't forget to copy the php4apache2.dll file from the sapi directory!
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
   
   # For PHP 5 do something like this:
   LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
   
   # configure the path to php.ini
   PHPIniDir "C:/php/"
   

   Note: The PHP files should go in the htdocs directory

5. Edit the php.ini

   doc_root = c:\Apache\htdocs // for Apache
   

MySQL Installation

The best place to start is the MySQL home page. But try to avoid www.mysql.com, instead you want to start at the developer's site (http://dev.mysql.com).

Download MySQL 5.0 Community Edition http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-essential-5.0.16-win32.msi/from/pick#mirrors

MySQL Documentation HTML -- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html

MySQL Windows Installation

1. Run the Installation Wizard
2. Install to C:\mysql
3. Pick the Standard configuration
4. Server type installation
5. Multifunctional db usage
6. Pick a root password

Post Installation --
To configure the client and utility applications, create a new my.ini file in the C:\Windows or C:\WINNT directory as is applicable to your Windows version.

Creatinging and using a database --
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/database-use.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-installation.html

For managing your database, you might find it easier to use a GUI database client. I can recommend two free ones:
MySQL Administrator (aka MySQL control center)
PHPMyAdmin