26316Installations: Fast and Easyhttp://www.zend.com/zend/trick/installations.phpOne of my favorite aspects of PHP is how easy it is for beginners. Maybe it's because I still remember struggling with CGI programs written in C circa 1994, but I get a kick out of novice programmers being able to build real Web applications in PHP. It's so easy for the non-programmer to get started with PHP. All the software you need is free.PHP > Tips and Tutorials > Installing PHPOct 15, 2006
So you want a killer web site? And you have heard that Apache, PHP and MySQL are highly regarded tools for easily creating a dynamic web site that delivers as fast as it can, and best of all they are all free. If you have no idea where to start or need some help on how to install, configure and tweak these great tools, here is a no-nonsense, hands-on article to guide you before you get lost in manuals. I don't mean the manuals that come with these three applications are bad at all, but they can be overwhelming for beginners. No matter which operating system you use (Windows, or some variant of Unix - e.g. FreeBSD or Linux), I will show you both the basics and tricky bits without getting technical. Here is our really short table of contents. Feel free to skip some parts of this article, but I recommend reading it from beginning to end. After all it doesn't aim to be a bible, so I tried to make it as concise as possible.
This article will step through what you need to do get WAMP (Windows, Apache, mySQL, PHP) running on windows 2000, 98 or XP. (It might work with ME or 95, but I don't promise anything)
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