Apache/mySQL/PHP on XP

[White Wolf]

Hi,

I am looking for some sort of easy-to-install binary package to get an
environment ready for PHP development on XP.

I am starting the development of a site, starting with learning PHP and
design etc. The final site will run on some sort Linux/*nix, but for the
purpose of the first development phase I will have to use Windows.

I know the FoxServ package, but it seems to be very slowly updated. I saw
other things (Google) but they seem to be a one-man-show, not really
promising if I need to keep an up to date environment for a year or more.

I am looking for a precompiled environment with installation, because I do
not want to get into too many details of compilation/configuration at the
beginning. I will have enough work with learning PHP and designing the
site. :-)

Do you guys have any suggestions for such an environment?

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[Andreas Paasch]

Attempting to reach the Kolinahr, White Wolf wrote:

Hi,

Do you guys have any suggestions for such an environment?

You might want to checkout

www.firepages.com.au

/Andreas

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[White Wolf]

Andreas Paasch wrote:

Attempting to reach the Kolinahr, White Wolf wrote:

Hi,

Do you guys have any suggestions for such an environment?

You might want to checkout

www.firepages.com.au

I did. This is the time of the last update of the package: 31-12-2002.
This project seems to be dead, even more than FoxServ. :-(

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Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.

[Chung Leong]

"White Wolf" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote in message
news:c4******** **@phys-news1.kolumbus. fi...

Hi,

I am looking for some sort of easy-to-install binary package to get an
environment ready for PHP development on XP.

I'm not aware of one. If you need to build a package yourself, here's a very
easy to use tool for making MSI files:

http://www.advancedinstaller.com/

[Brandon Blackmoor]

Chung Leong wrote:

I am looking for some sort of easy-to-install binary
package to get an environment ready for PHP development
on XP.

It's not hard to do: just install Apache2, MySQL, and PHP. Just go to
their respective web sites and download them.

bblackmoor
2004-04-04

[dBeav]

http://www.appservnetwork.com/
Appserv has worked very well for me on XP. I too am trying to learn this
stuff. The only configuring I had to do was for using server side includes.
Other than that it worked great right out of the "box".

dBeav

"White Wolf" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote in message
news:c4******** **@phys-news1.kolumbus. fi...

Hi,

I am looking for some sort of easy-to-install binary package to get an
environment ready for PHP development on XP.

I am starting the development of a site, starting with learning PHP and
design etc. The final site will run on some sort Linux/*nix, but for the
purpose of the first development phase I will have to use Windows.

I know the FoxServ package, but it seems to be very slowly updated. I saw
other things (Google) but they seem to be a one-man-show, not really
promising if I need to keep an up to date environment for a year or more.

I am looking for a precompiled environment with installation, because I do
not want to get into too many details of compilation/configuration at the
beginning. I will have enough work with learning PHP and designing the
site. :-)

Do you guys have any suggestions for such an environment?

--
WW aka Attila
:::
Find the key to yourself and every door in the world is open to you.

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

"White Wolf" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote in message news:<c4******* ***@phys-news1.kolumbus. fi>...

Hi,

I am looking for some sort of easy-to-install binary package to get an
environment ready for PHP development on XP.

<snip>

<http://www.apachefrien ds.org/xampp-windows-en.html>

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Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!com

[White Wolf]

Brandon Blackmoor wrote:

Chung Leong wrote:

I am looking for some sort of easy-to-install binary
> package to get an environment ready for PHP development
> on XP.

It's not hard to do: just install Apache2, MySQL, and PHP. Just go to
their respective web sites and download them.

bblackmoor
2004-04-04

Yep. And then I will get an environment on which I can develop for Linux on
Windows NT? Please also let me know how does your advice address this
original point of mine:

"I do not want to get into too many details of compilation/configuration at
the
beginning. I will have enough work with learning PHP and designing the
site. "

I know it is possible to install it etc., however I have my 8+n hours work
per day etc. and I really have no time (first) to master all the glory
details of the setup and configuration. That is why I am looking for
something which is easy to install and easy to keep updated.

--
WW aka Attila
:::
Frequent lock ups are a symptom of not enough memory but only in the way
that nosebleeds are a symptom of gunshot wounds to the head.

[White Wolf]

White Wolf wrote:

Hi,

I am looking for some sort of easy-to-install binary package to get an
environment ready for PHP development on XP.

Hi guys,

Another short question. Is there a reason why a lot of "distributi ons"
stick with the 1.x apache series and do not go for 2.x? Is there something
ugly about 2.x or it is just not used enough yet?

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WW aka Attila
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Net and
he won't bother you for weeks.

[J B Carr]

Brandon Blackmoor wrote:

Chung Leong wrote:

I am looking for some sort of easy-to-install binary

> package to get an environment ready for PHP development
> on XP.

It's not hard to do: just install Apache2, MySQL, and PHP. Just go to
their respective web sites and download them.

bblackmoor
2004-04-04

DITTO: Just follow the installation instructions in apache, php and
Mysql documentation.