Thank you for your help... by some miracle and with your advice things seem to be working ok. However, I am having a heck of a time figuring out how mysql works into the whole thing. I was trying to follow a tutorial that came with dreamweaver, and it just gets me all confused. I setup a user and password but at the command prompt I can't manage to log in. How do you do the sql stuff? Also, once all this is going how would I go about actually installing a php script into my webpage... or better yet... what kinds of tools are out there to help me write php?
"Dash McElroy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Alright, I'll take the bait. > > 1. If you've got IIS installed, why are you trying to install Apache? > Choose one or the other. > > 2. Configuration for either server should be drop dead easy. The PHP > installer exe file should configure IIS (I don't use IIS, fortunately), > and the zip file contains what you should use for Apache. Put it in c:\php > (or wherever...). Apache config is easy for a localhost install. You'll > have to change a few lines and add a few. > > a. For an Apache server without a DNS entry, change the following line to > reference your IP: > > ServerName xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > b. Add these lines for PHP > > LoadModule c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php > > c. Change this line if you want index.php to be a valid initial page: > > DirectoryIndex index.html > > to > > DirectoryIndex index.php index.html > > d. Restart Apache. > > 3. Get MySQL from MySQL.com and install it where you want. MySQL should be > the easiest thing to install of the three. Set up a user and a password > for PHP. I initially learned MySQL (scratch that - still learning) using > the root user (very dangerous) until got a grasp of it's permissions. > Definitely don't do that for code that others will use. > > Good luck! > > -Dash > > Immortality -- a fate worse than death. > -- Edgar A. Shoaff > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Joe Finlinson wrote: > > > I am using a machine running Windows XP pro... I managed to install IIS just > > fine. However, it seems that I am having major traumas getting PHP, Apache, > > and mysql to function. I have tried downloading some pre-configured kits > > from various sites with no luck. Can any of you suggest a place where I can > > download the software... and give me some advice on configuring it. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Joe > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
