WAMP Installation TIPS

Dear Reader,

I was trying to install PHP on Windows, With Apache as web server and My SQl as backend system. I want to install a open source software weberp(www.weberp.org) on my localhost. I worked on PHP4 so earlier there was an installer for the PHP avialable. When i read the installation guide on PHP Documentation it was noted that "Manual Installation is the best choice". I have struggled with the installation steps but finally i installed the PHP5.2.5 sucessfully on my machine. Steps that i followed are mentioned below.


1. Go to the PHP Site: www.php.net and download the php5 version into your softwares store directory.
Example: I store all my softwares under D:/Softwares/PHP. My operating System is on C:/ only.You will get a zip file.

2. Create a directory under C drive as C:/PHP. Paste the zip file and extract here. You willget all the dll's and other files

3. Copy the php.ini-recommended file and paste it in your C:/WINT directory and change the extension from php.ini-recommended into php.ini

4. Go to the Control Panel->System->Advanced tab

5. Click on Environment Variables. There will be two sections one is for "User variables" and another one is "System Variables". Under System Variables you will find the Path.

6. Double click on that path and add these lines in the front:C:\php;C:\php\dev;
C:\php;C:\php\dev;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;

7. Under System Variables only you can find "New" button. Click on that new button entervariable name as "PHPRC" and Variable Value as "C:\WINT"

8. Click on OK and restart the Computer.

9. Open the php.ini under C:/WINT directory and edit the following line like this:
from extension_dir = "./" into extension_dir = "C:/php5/ext"
To run on Apache Steps to be followed

10. Open the httpd.conf file under conf directory.11. Add these lines after LoadModules list
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"
AddHandler php5-script php
# configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir "c:/php/"

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

# For PHP 5
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"

12. Restart the computer.

13. Go to the Notepad and type this:
Save this file as testphp.php under htdocs of your apache directory.

14. type in the browser "http://localhost:8080/testphp.php". If you get your php set-upinformation then it is installed fine.


Any Queries i will be reaching you on meduriphani@yahoo.co.in

I have an intermediate knowledge on PHP. So please update if there is anything wrong on this message.

--By Phanendra Kumar Meduri