Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/22/05 05:31

Tony wrote:
> "Eric" <egusenet@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:1h16tc9.25lgi7i0wc5aN%egusenet@verizon.net...
>
>>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.
>
>

I've also installed several Apache/PHP/MySQL systems on Windows and Linux.

It's easy once you've done it a couple of times. But I still remember the first
time was horrible. It took me days to get it running even half-a$$ed.

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