Help installing PHP

[CG Susan]

Can anyone point me to a resource to help me install PHP 4 (that's what my ISP's server runs) on a Windows XP Pro machine? I tried last year and got hopelessly lost!

I'm trying to develop a PHP Web site on my local machine. I don't think I'll need to install MySQL at this time, at least, but will I need to install Apache as well? If so, same question: Can anyone help me find a painless way to install it?

Thanks!!

[PeejAvery]

Just download and use EasyPHP.

[CG Susan]

Thank you very much, peejavery.

I'll let the forum know how it goes.

[PeejAvery]

You're welcome.

[CG Susan]

Well, I installed EasyPHP per the instructions. When I try to view the test program, everything looks okay, but the date doesn't show up.

When I try to view other PHP pages in Firefox, all I see is the code. I'm obviously still doing something wrong.

Suggestions? Thanks!

[PeejAvery]

Well, to see PHP you need an interpreter. If you are seeing code, that means there is no interpreter or you aren't using it. Since you have EasyPHP, all you need to do is view it through the webserver.

Look at the url you are using, if it is through C:\ instead of http://127.0.0.1 then your local machine is running it and not the webserver. The webserver has the interpreter so you have to have it through the http://localhost/.

[CG Susan]

I just wanted to say that I now have my server running. Easy PHP was just that -- painless and easy.

My big problem was that I wasn't placing my files in the right place; I had them in the My Documents section rather than under the server folders. Once I figured that out, bingo! It works fine.

Thanks again, everyone. I appreciate the help.

[e_har]

Although i'm late in replying...but i think no harm writing another alternative here, XAMPP

It comes in Windows/Linux/Solaris/Mac OSX distribution and installing is just plain easy. It comes with many modules too.