Unfortunately I haven’t seen any good web hosting control panel for Apache on Windows (if you know some, leave a comment!). So that’s why we’re going to need something else to manage the MySQL server. MySQL provides a set of GUI tools that allows you to perform such tasks as managing databases, managing database users, [...]

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In the third part of this tutorial, we’re now going to install PHP 5 on Windows. In the two previous posts, we’ve seen how to install Apache and MySQL on a Windows computer so you you should already have a working web server and database server.

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This is the second part of our tutorial on how to install your own home web server. In the first, you’ve seen how to install Apache HTTP Server on Windows. Now we’re going to see how to install MySQL, a free database server. MySQL comes in two flavors: Enterprise Edition and the MySQL Community Server. [...]

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Sometimes I like to have my own web server, whether it is for testing or development purposes. Since I use Windows XP or Vista on my personnal computer, my favorite setup is Windows, Apache, PHP and MySQL. This setup is also known as WAMP. And maybe you guessed it, the Linux equivalent of this setup [...]

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Lately I’ve made a post on how to install MySQL on Windows 2008. I’ve decided to turn it into a video so it would be easier to see how it’s done. Installing MySQL on Windows 2008 is pretty much the same as with any other versions of Windows so you can apply this to Windows [...]

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Now that we have installed PHP 5 on IIS 7 successfully, we’re going to install MySQL Server 5.1. First of all, get yourself a copy of the MySQL Server 5.1 ZIP Setup from http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/mysql-5.1.22-rc-win32.zip/from/pick#mirrors Extract all the files from the archive and launch Setup.exe I’ve chosen to use the Typical Setup but feel free to [...]

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Following up on my last post, I’ve now got a working IIS 7 web server running on Windows 2008. We’re now going to install PHP5 and MySQL 5.1. Installing PHP5 on IIS 7 First of all, grab yourself a copy of PHP over at http://www.php.net/downloads.php. I always use the zip package, I never use the [...]

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I’ve just got myself an evaluation copy of Windows 2008 Server out of curiosity. I’ve installed it on VMware Workstation 6 running on a Windows Vista computer. While a virtualized Windows 2008 Server is a sucker on resource, it’s performance is still acceptable for those who just want to try it out like me. Let’s see how to [...]

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