Getting into PHP on a Windows Based Box

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steppinthrax
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Getting into PHP on a Windows Based Box

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I'm in the process of developing a website in PHP using MySQL as a backend. My primary web-development knowledge is mainly C#.NET, I've never really done any programming in PHP. I need to develop a site for a client and be able to present the site LOCALLY on my machine. As I understand you need appache for this??? I was curious on what types of softwares could be used to do this???
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Darhazer
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Just download wamp (or xamp, but I pefer wamp). The only trouble you can get is if the port 80 is already taken and you have to reconfigure apache to work on 8080. And be careful with the table names - windows is case-insensitive in nature, but the hosting server can be *nix with case sensitive table names.
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flying_circus
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You can install PHP on IIS, if that is what you are most familiar with. Just google "Howto Install PHP IIS <my version here>".

You dont have to use apache to host PHP.

http://windows.php.net/
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Cut the windows cord completely, Install Linux!
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