Installation of Drupal on Windows XP

Installation of Drupal on Windows XP Rupesh Kumar A [email_address]

Files Required

Versions used in this illustration

Apache 2.2.2

Php 5.2.8

Mysql 4.1.11

Drupal 6.8

Install Apache

Test Apache installation: Open any web browser and type http://localhost in the address bar and press Enter Feather icon on System Tray with a green arrow indicates apache service running. Feather with a red dot indicates that apache service is stopped

Open httpd.conf file with any text editor

add index.php here

add at the end the following code: LoadModule php5_module “c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll” AddType application/x-httpd-php .php PHPIniDir “c:/php”

Save the file

Extract Php files to C:php

Extracted folder ‘php’

Extracted files in C:php folder

Copy php.ini-recommended file

Paste it in the same folder

Rename it to php.ini

Open php.ini with a text editor

Delete semicolon (;) at the beginning of include_path line

Add “C:Program FilesApache Software FoundationApache2.2htdocs” as doc_root

Add “C:phpext” as extension_dir

Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line extension=php_gd2.dll

Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line extension=php_mbstring.dll

Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line extension=php_mysql.dll

Delete Semicolon (;) at the beginning of line and add “C:TEMP” for session.save_path

Save the file and close

Set Environment Variable for Php Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel

In Control Panel, double click on “System”. In System Properties window, Click on “Advanced” Tab and Click on “Environmental Variables”

In “Environmental Variables” window, Click on Path variable under “ System Variable” and click “ Edit” button

Add C:php; at the end of Variable value. Click OK Click OK for Environment Variables And System Properties

Test Php Installation Open Notepad and type the following code: <html> <body> <?php phpinfo() ?> </body> </html>

Save the file as test.php in C:Program FilesApache Software Foundation Apache2.2htdocs

Restart Apache: Right Click on feather icon on System Tray and click on “Open Apache Monitor”

Click Restart and then Exit

Open web browser and type http:// localhost /test. php in the address bar and press Enter. The php information page appears Delete the file test.php soon after confirming about php installation. Do not leave it in web server.

Install Mysql

Skip Sign-Up

Mysql Server Instance Configuration

Check this

Enter password for the root user

Open Command Prompt Type cmd and click OK

Change directory to c:mysqlin

Log in to mysql as root user

Enter root password

The mysql console

Create the new database ‘drupal’

List the databases