Installing Apache with PHP,MySQL on Windows 9x/2000/XP

This tutorial shows you howto install Apache, PHP and MySQL on a Windows 98, 2000 or XP system.



It is known that PHP and MySQL are until now the best combination of programming languages for the Web. The strong point is given by the fact that both of PHP and MySQL are Open Source, anybody could use it for free. And Apache is most powerfull, secure and of course most used Web Server. PHP and MySQL run on Windows and Unix/Linux platforms. For that reason design and implementation of a dynamic website could be done on both platforms.



PHP and MySQL run on boths but which is recommended?



Well, shortly: Windows for development, Unix/Linux for production. Every computer professional recomend that for two reasons: Windows is easyer to use, even by a newbie, but is not so stable and secure, and Unix/Linux is secure and of course stable. Also, on Windows you will find more development tools. But please keep in mind, nobody encourage the usage of Apache, PHP and MySQL on Windows Servers.