Installing WAMP

Introduction

This class provides a server using the LAMP (Linux Apache MySql and PHP) environment. Many students also prefer to have a WAMP installation (Windows Apache MySql and PHP) on their home machine to practice with. Once installed, WAMP is a very nice production environment, but installation is not for the faint-of-heart.
The following instructions outline how I recently installed WAMP on my machine with Windows XP Home and no other web server on it. Try to follow the examples exactly, and you should be able to install these programs with few problems.

WARNING: Don't get creative with where you store things. Use exactly the filenames and paths I suggest. If you must change something (EG store to disk E: instead of C:) be sure to make that change everywhere!

Installing Apache 2.0

Book has apache 1.3 Apache 2.0 has since come out. These instructions assume apache 2.0

Download Apache 2.0 for Windows.
apache_2.0.52-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi
Run installer
When prompted, run as a service
Open up browser point to localhost.
If a web page shows, it's working

Important directory information

apache root is C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2
all your html goes in htdocs directory
configuration files will be in conf directory

Installing PHP

Get php-5.0.ORC2-Win32.zip from CD-ROM or here
php-5.0.0RC2-Win32.zip
Install to C:\Program Files\PHP5 (be sure to use folder names)
Copy php.ini-dist to C:\Windows, rename to php.ini
Make a shortcut to php.ini (alt-drag) and put it in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf
Copy every dll file in C:\Program Files\PHP5 to C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2 directory
Copy every dll file in C:\Program Files\PHP5\ext to C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2 directory
Open C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf in text editor (notepad, NOT word)

Add following lines to end of file:

   # add PHP 5 
   LoadModule php5_module php5apache2.dll
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Restart apache. (There should be a small icon on the right side of your Windows toolbar that allows you to do this. It's a green triangle inside a white circle)

Testing PHP

Create a file like this:
```
<html>
<?
print "Hi there";
phpInfo();
?>
</html>
      
```
and save it as "test.php" in your htdocs directory.
point your browser to localhost/test.php, and you should see all kinds of information about your configuration of PHP.
make sure you point your browser through localhost. Dragging the php file to the browser will not work correctly.

Configuring PHP

Edit C:\windows\php.ini in a text editor.
Find "register-globals" (line 373 in my file) set to "On"
Find "extension=php_mysql.dll" (line 568) and remove the leading semicolon.
Restart apache and test

Installing MySQL (this can wait)

Install from the zip file in default directory.
mysql-4.0.18-win.zip
Run mysqld first
Run mysql from the command line to test.
Later run mysql as a service

Installing PHPCoder (optional but very nice)

Install PHP Coder
r2p3setup.exe
Edit preferences (view-preferences-PHP parsing)

Run PHP Coder through local server

Go to PHP Interpreter

Set PHP executable to C:\Program Files\PHP5\php.exe

Go to Server Settings

Set Web Server Document Root directory to C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs
Local URL should be left as http://localhost

Now you should be able to run PHP programs directly from PHP Coder

Other help from:

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/5212.htm
apache install document (not so helpful)
PHP install document (not so helpful)

My configuration files:

These are the files from my Windows installation
They will not work for you unless you have configured things exactly as indicated in these notes.
php.ini should be in C:\Windows directory
httpd.conf should be in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf directory