How to install Apache, PHP and MySQL on Windows

1. Installing Apache
   1. Obtain a copy of the Apache 1.3.28 Windows Installer from http://httpd.apache.org/
   2. Run the installer.
      1. Install into C:\Apache
      2. Start the server
      • Start Menu>All Programs>Apache HTTP Server>Control Apache Server>Start
      3. Point the browser to http://localhost
         • You should see the Apache default page!
2. Installing PHP
   1. Obtain a copy of the latest PHP Windows installer from http://www.php.net/downloads.php
   2. Unzip the file
   • Install into C:\php
   3. Place php.ini into C:\WINDOWS
   4. Copy php4ts.dll and php4ts.lib into C:\php\sapi
3. Configure Apache
   1. Using a text editor open the Apache configuration file
   • Should be C:\Apache\Apache\conf\httpd.con
   2. Set Apache variables
      1. Set the webmaster email
      • roughly line 283
      2. Change the root directory to what you wish (roughly line 309)
      • i.e. C:\C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\My Documents\Sites
      1. Change the Directory path for the default Web directory to the same path as the previous step
         • roughly line 334
1. To have Apache load PHP add the following lines after the Loading and Adding of the other Modules (around line 241)
   
   #Load PHP!
   LoadModule php4_module c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php4 .php3 .phtml
   
2. To have Apache recognize index.php as a home page locate the following roughly line(392):
   
   <IfModule mod_dir.c>
   DirectoryIndex index.html
   </IfModule>
   
   and change to:
   
   <IfModule mod_dir.c>
   DirectoryIndex index.html index.php default.php
   </IfModule>
   
   
3. Save and close the file
4. Restart Apache
   • Start Menu>All Programs>Apache HTTP Server>Control Apache Server>Restart
4. Install MySQL (coming soon...)