Quote Originally Posted by gilly914
Hey There,

I wasn't here for quite a while... so here goes...

I used to develop websites, a while back on my computer... I remember I always had problems installing the PHP, MySQL and Apache Server on windows and having it all work together...

I finally found, thanks to this forum, an installation package called WAMP Server that installs all you need (Apache, PHP, MySQL) to develop and run PHP scripts with database integration on your computer...

It worked pretty good, but wasn't that comfortable to use...
It also had some bugs that annoyed me every once in a while...

I wanted to know if theres some kind of Platform I can use for running PHP and MySQL on my computer?
or some kind of better installation package I can use???


Thanks a lot in advance,
Gilly914!
If you want to install and configure them yourself. This is the better option. Not only does it help you gain a better understanding of how the software works and how they interact. You will also be able to familiarise yourself with the configuration files.

Like PeejAvery said, unless you are using a Windows server platform, Apache is the way to go. Even on Windows server Apache 2 is faster than IIS and more secure.

If you check my signature there is a link to an Installation guide I wrote a little while back that takes you through the setup of a WAMP server