There are two option of installing PHP, MySQL and Apache
Option 1 : Using PHP+MySQL+Apache Package/Bundle
Example:
*For those who choose option 1, you may jump to Step 15 directly since most of PHP Bundle mentioned above has already setup Step 1 to Step 14.
Option 2: Separate Installation
To install Apache PHP and MySQL separately, make sure each version match with one another
Example:
Apache
Step 1:
Install Apache 1.3
Step 2:
Set doc path, default doc and directory index
DirectoryIndex index.htm, index.php
DocumentRoot "C:/Apache" (create this directory)
PHP
Step 3:
Install PHP to c:\php4
Step 4:
Make a copy of php.ini-recommended and renamed to php.ini. Copy it to Windows directory
Step 5:
Set extension and doc path
Step 6:
Copy php4ts.dll from C:\php4 to c:\php4\extensions
doc_root = "C:\Apache"
extension_dir = "C:\php4\extensions"
session.save_path = “C:\temp” ( create this directory )
Step 7:
Load PHP as Apache module
LoadModule php4_module "c:/php4/sapi/php4apache.dll"
AddModule mod_php4.c
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
ENCODER
There are few encoder available to use for encoding purposed:
· Turck Mmcache
· EAccelerator
· PHPobfuscator
Step 8:
Install Turck Mmcache to c:\php4\mmcache and create c:\php4\tmp\mmcache
Step 9:
Copy mmcache.dll to c:\php4\extensions, copy all mmcache.php, mmcache-password.php and encoder.php to c:\Apache
Step 10:
Load MMcache as PHP module, add the line at the bottom to the extension part of php.ini
zend_extension_ts="c:\php4\extensions\mmcache.dll"
mmcache.shm_size="16"
mmcache.cache_dir="c:\php4\tmp\mmcache"
mmcache.enable="1"
mmcache.optimizer="1"
mmcache.check_mtime="1"
mmcache.debug="0"
mmcache.filter=""
mmcache.shm_max="0"
mmcache.shm_ttl="0"
mmcache.shm_prune_period="0"
mmcache.shm_only="0"
mmcache.compress="1"
Step 11:
Restart Apache server and type
MYSQL
Step 12:
Install MySQL
Step 13:
Run winmysladmin and configure MySQL
Step 14:
Set root password for MySQL
mysql -u root mysql
SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('123');
Step 15:
After successful MySQL installation, you will need to get a manager to assist you with your data table.
You may pick one of any below:
MySQL Manager
· MySQLyog
· PhpMyAdmin
Install phpmyadmin
Step 16:
Install framework/CMS
Framework/CMS
Starting your php code from scratch? It gonna take very long time, why not use some of the ready-written application in PHP and MVC (Model, View, Controller) below:
(Some are free and some are not)
- Zend Framework
- PHPCake
- PhpBB (Forum)
- Drupal
- Zoop Framework
- CodeIgniter (CMS)
- Joomla (CMS)
- Mambo (CMS)
- Phpnuke (CMS)
- WordPress (Blog)
- Codecharge
- Seagull PHP Framework
- OsCommerce (Shopping Cart)
- Moodle (ELearning)
- SquirrelMail (Email)
- Symfony
Which one is better? And which one is easier? you gotta find out yourself by reading some reviews.
Here some of those that I found:
Reviews
http://www.phpwact.org/php/mvc_frameworks
http://www.packtpub.com/article/open-source-cms-php-finalists
http://www.siteground.com/best_cms_tools.htm
http://okto.silaban.net/2008/02/website/menggunakan-cms-atau-framework/
Step 17:
Choose and install edit tools
Edit Tools
- Notepad
- Wordpad
- Editplus
- Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
- Microsoft Frontpage
Reviews
http://forums.htmlcenter.com/programming-scripting/2511-notepad-editplus-vs-dreamweaver-frontpage.html
http://www.astahost.com/best-php-editor-t125.html
Step 18:
Set config file (Set config.inc.php, host, user, password) and run
Step 19:
Do some google search for resources on PHP Tutorial according to your framework/CMS
http://www.apache.org/
http://www.php.net/
http://www.w3schools.com/php/
http://www.zend.com/
http://www.phpbuilder.com/
http://www.mysql.com/
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
http://sourceforge.net/
http://www.devshed.com
