 Important Note:
Before continuing to this tutorial, you must have the APACHE 2.x software installed properly on your computer system. The latest version of Apache as of 06 March 2010 is Apache 2.2.15. The installation and configuration process of PHP5 have strong connection with the configuration process of Apache 2.x. If you have not installed Apache 2.x, please see the tutorial on How to Install Apache 2.2.15.
And if you're already installed the Apache properly, you may continue with this How to install PHP 5.3.2 tutorial. :)
What is PHP?
We will not discuss about PHP in details. Essentially, PHP (stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor), is a programming language that is intended for web-based applications. PHP job is to "translate" programming commands into the language of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), so it can be displayed on your computer's web browser. This is my humble conclusion... You can read more details about the PHP directly from their official website (http://www.php.net).
Please download...
PHP5 can be downloaded from http://www.php.net. Find the Download link and look for the latest version which has been declared as stable. As of 4 March 2010 the latest stable release is PHP 5.3.2. Please also note that the PHP version 4.x is no longer developed by PHP, so you are strongly advised to switch to PHP version 5.x. And for this tutorial we are using PHP 5.3.2.
Note:
In this tutorial uses PHP 5.3.2, released on 4 March 2010. You can use the prior PHP 5.3.1 (released 19 November 2009) or PHP 5.2.13 (release 25 Feb 2010) if you want to - both can be downloaded from http://www.php.net - and still be able to follow the steps in this tutorial.
I recommend to use the most complete package, which is supported by Windows Installer (file name: php-5.3.2-win32-VC6-x86.msi, 22.002KB file size, or about 21MB). This Windows installer version is very easy to install. And in this tutorial , I use the installer version.
Once again, please install the Apache 2.x properly before you continue to PHP 5 installation tutorial.
Now let's start the PHP installation process step by step:
- Find and select PHP5 Installer file (php-5.3.2-Win32-VC6-x86.msi.) that you have already downloaded.
- Run php-5.3.2-Win32-VC6-x86.msi by pressing Enter or double click on it. Click on the Next button to continue the installation process.
- This the PHP5 End-User License Agreement. If you are agree with the license agreement, then switch 'I accept the terms in the License Agreement' option and continue by clicking the Next button. (but if you are disagree, just click the Cancel button).
- The next screen is about the installation destination folder. By default the installation will be saved in the C:\Program Files\PHP\ folder.
- The PHP installation destination folder will be related to the configuration settings in the Apache program. In my opinion , we need to simplify the destination folder to C:\PHP. To change the destination folder, click on the Browse button. Then in the Folder Name line: type C:\PHP\. Please continue by pressing the OK button.
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