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How to Install Apache-PHP-MySql on Windows Vista

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The second page is about configuring Apache for PHP.

Steps to configure Apache  

1. Open Windows Explorer and browse to where apache is located,and if you followed the previous steps is C:\WebServer\Apache2.2 dbl click on the folder Conf and open the file httpd,conf with Notepad


Fig 1

2. At the real beginning of the file add the directory of the php.ini file. PHPIniDir "C:/php5" (see Fig 1).Remember to use slash forward in the Apache conf file.
3. Find LoadModule section and at the beginning of the LoadModule list add LoadModule php5_module "C:/php5/php5apache2_2.dll". (See Fig 2)
    
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4.  In the same way, find  AddType  section  and add AddType application/x-httpd-php .php  (see Fig 3)Save the  file and close it. Restart Apache
   
   
    
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5.  Open a new document in Notepad and type <?php phpinfo(); ?> , then save it in C:\WebServer\Apache2.2\htdocs as test.php,change the type of file from .txt to All Type before you save it.Then go to your browser and open this file by typing http://localhost/test.php in the address bar.If everything is ok you should see the PHP info page on your screen.If it fails,go back and review all the steps paying attention to any detail explained in this tutorial.Consider that a simple white space more or less may cause the failure of the entire configuration.
   
   

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