The document discusses installing and configuring a web server, PHP, and MySQL on Windows. It provides steps to install Apache web server, PHP, and configure them to work together. It also explains basic concepts of binary vs source code installations and configuring the Apache configuration file httpd.conf.

2. Objectives Install and configure a Web server Install and configure PHP Install and configure MySQL

3. Understanding Binary and Source Code Installations Binary format (or binaries ) refer to compiled files, such as executable installation programs Source code is the original programming code in which an application was written Source code must be compiled , or processed, and assembled into an executable format before it is used Compiled programs only need to be recompiled when their code changes

4. Installing and Configuring a Web Server Apache is the most popular Web server software used on the Internet Microsoft IIS for Windows is the second most popular server software. In Windows, a service refers to a program that performs a specific function to support other programs

5. Installing and Running Apache on Windows Go to http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/httpd/binaries/win32/ Select a mirror download site. One will be suggested at the top. Download the apache_2.2.9-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi installation file Navigate to the installation file and from the Welcome screen, click Next Accept the terms of the License Agreement, click Next Read the contents of the Read This First screen, click Next

6. Installing and Running Apache on Windows (continued) Accept the default values, click Next Select a Typical installation, click Next Accept the default Destination Folder directory, click Next Click Back to make changes or click Install to finish Click Finish

7. Testing Your Web Server Open your Web browser Type http://localhost/ in the Address box, click Enter Figure 2-2 Apache’s default Web page

8. Configuring Apache To configure ports and other settings you must edit the httpd.conf file For Windows C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf Lines that begin with the pound sign (#) are informational comments Lines without pound signs contain directives

9. Configuring Apache (continued) Figure 2-4 httpd.conf

10. Configuring Apache (continued) Directives define information about how a program should be configured The DocumentRoot directive identifies the default directory from where Apache serves Web pages. Set this to the complete address of the folder you wish to serve pages from. There is also a <Directory …> setting that must be set to the same directory as your DocumentRoot directive. The Alias directive identifies other directories that Apache can use to serve Web pages

11. Installing PHP Windows Running Apache Go to http://us.php.net/get/php-5.2.5-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror Select a mirror to download from. Save the file to your computer. Once downloaded, navigate to the installation file and from the Welcome screen, click Next In the License Agreement screen, click I Agree In the Installation Type screen, select Standard , then click Next Accept the default destination location, click Next

12. Installing PHP Windows Running Apache (continued) In the Mail Configuration screen, accept the default values of localhost , click Next In the Server Type screen, select the type of Web server that you want to use with PHP, click Next In the Start Installation screen, click Next to begin installation Click OK to close the dialog box of the Web server you selected

13. Configuring Apache for PHP on Windows Click the Start menu and point to All Programs Select the Edit the Apache httpd.config Configuration File command Add the following to the end of the file: ScriptAlias /PHP/ “C:/PHP/” AddType application/x-httpd-php .php Action application/x-httpd-php “/PHP/php-cgi.exe” Save and close the httpd.conf file Restart Apache

14. Configuring PHP Figure 2-6 The php.ini configuration file