Good afternoon.

as some of you may know, i am currently working on a new design for the php.net 
website and i came across the installation page[1].

the page contains information about "how to compile php from source" but no 
"how to install it" and i think this is not a good for newbies.

when i started PHP as a kid, i remember using XMAPP on windows, not because i 
needed Apache or MySQL, but because the PHP site kept telling me that i need `C 
runtime`, `VC CRT11` and then i should compile the source code and i didn't 
know how to do that at the time and everything seemed just complicated.

for this, i suggest that w add a new "installation instructions" to the php 
website, and move the current pages to a new section called "compile from 
source".

i have added installation instruction page in the mock ups of the new design, 
you might take a look at it here : 
https://github.com/azjezz/web-php-mock-ups/blob/master/screenshots/windows-installation.png

[1] :  https://secure.php.net/manual/en/install.php

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