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Re: How To have a quick start on a small web application using MySQL+Apache+PHP in wi

Ehsan

2006-05-24, 3:58 am

Hi FiFi,

You can download XAMPP for Windows from
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html and setup to use Apache,
PHP, MySQL. It gives you option to switch between PHP 4 and 5. It also
comes with Murcury Mailserver, FileZilla ftp server etc. This is a good
pack to install.

1. Yes, these three software are good enough for writing an web
application, but you must know that you might will have to install
additional packages to get your desired feature. But for start up you
can get these 3 running and start working.

2. Yes, your PC with winXP can run as webserver. But you must make sure
of security issues if you run it as dedicated server.

3. Yes, if you want to use your PC as dedicated webserver and want to
host applications on it, it must run 24x7.

4. Yes, without apache the websites can still run. But you must know
that apache gives many options that other webservers will not for PHP.

5. IIS in full is Internet Information Services. This is another
webserver which is mainly used to run scripts like ASP, ASP .NET etc.
It can also run PHP scripts but as I mentioned it will not give you all
the options required to run PHP scripts. You go to Control Panel>Add or
Remove Programs>Add/Remove Windows Components. Then check the IIS
option and install it.

6. Answered earlier. Yes you can. But make sure of the options/features
that is provided by apache for PHP.

For starting I would suggest Begining PHP 4 or 5 published by Wrox. Its
a good book.

PHP 5: http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTi...0764557831.html
PHP 4: http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTi...0764543644.html

Hope this helps you somehow.

Thanks and God Bless!!

Ehsan
http://ehsan.bdwebwork.com

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