Posted by Tony on 11/15/01 11:24

"Eric" <egusenet@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Des <desotuatail@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I am moving to PHP (I have C/C++ experiance) My problem is that
>> I in converting files fromhtml to php, I can no longer test and
>> run things localy on my PC. I could install IIS. Is there a PHP
>> engine tha I could download (or Buy) to enable me to develop
>> localy on a stand alone PC.
>
> You should be able to get a webserver running on your machine and PHP
> running on top. I believe both Apache and PHP will build on a windows
> machine. I would suggest checking out:
>
> http://apache.org
> http://php.net
>
> Of course, based on various comments I've seen over the years, this can
> be far more difficult to accomplish on a Windows machine then if you
> were running some unix variant.

I just installed Apache, PHP, & MySQL on an XP machine this week - I had NO
problems at all. Same thing happened last 3 times I installed that
combination, too. I did the install piecemeal, though - not with WAMP or
any similar package.

Also had little problem installing PHP on a few IIS systems, too.

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