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How to Install PHP 5.2 on Apache and Windows XP

  • Installing and configuring PHP on Apache
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  • Installing Apache



    • Install PHP 5.2 on Windows XP


    

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    This is a tutorial about installing PHP 5.2 on Apache Web Server running on a machine with Windows XP.You can visit the PHP website and download the file php-5.2.4-Win32.zip for the manual installation.

     

    1. First step unzip the file in this directory C:\Program Files\PHP.
    2. Then open the newly created PHP folder and copy the file php.ini -dist and rename it php.ini jn the same directory.
    3. To tell PHP to load particular modules when it starts ,open php.ini with notepad or any text editor ,find extension_dir and change it as extension_dir = "C:\Program Files\PHP\ext" and then find Dynamic Extension,in this section there are all the modules Find out which one you need from the PHP website and to enable it just remove the ";" in front of it.




    4. Now you have to tell Windows where PHP is.Click Start,Right-click MyComputer and choose Properties/Advanced tab/Envirement variables A window like below opens,Select Path by clicking on it and click Edit

      5. Envirement variables



    5. Then, Go to the end and type the directory where you installed PHP,in this case is C:\Program Files\PHP and click OK

      6. Envirements Variables Edit



    6. Now you back on System Variables,click New ,in the Variable Name type PHPRC, in the varable value type the directory where PHP is installed

      7. C:\Program Files\PHP and click OK.This is to tell PHP that php.ini is in the same directory instead that in the system directory.

      System variable New



    7. Now,assuming you have Apache Installed(if not go here for tutorial),go to C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\Conf and open the file httpd.conf.


    8. Find the section Dynamic Shared object(DSO)Support and add in the row below:
      loadmodule php_module "C:/Program Files/PHP/php5apache2.dll".
      Note the slash orientated forward.This module is loaded by Apache on start.


    9. To use PHP as a filter,find the section related to AddType and add a row like this one:
      Addtype Application/x httpd-php .php


    10. Next step you have to restart Apache, go to start/AllPrograms/Apache/Restart.Now everything should be fine.


    11. To check it,open a new file with notepad and type:<?php phpinfo(); ?> Save it in C:\Program  Files\.Apache Group\Apache2|\htdocs as phpTest.php not as text file but all files or it wont work.pen your web browser and type in the address bar http:/localhost/phptest.php and ,if a page with all the php info appears ,it means that you have php succesfully installed and running.