PC Apache/MySQL/PHP package

Report · Sep 25, 2006

hi:

a good package for PC, like Marc Liyanage's for Mac?

tia,

jdoe

Report · Sep 25, 2006

Here's one:

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

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Ken Ford
Adobe Community Expert

"John Doe" <jdoe_ns@telefonica.net> wrote in message
news:ef8k5d$psh$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> hi:
>
> a good package for PC, like Marc Liyanage's for Mac?
>
> tia,
>
> jdoe

Report · Sep 25, 2006

thanks Ken

just taking a look at it's content:

# Apache 2.2.3
# MySQL 5.0.24a
# PHP 5.1.6 & PHP 4.4.4

and remember a note in David's site:

"Apache 2.2.2 and PHP—coming soon

Many readers have asked about installing Apache 2.2.2. The simple answer
is don't do it—at least not yet. The dynamic link library needed to run
PHP on Apache 2.2 will be added to PHP 5.2.0, but the official Windows
version of PHP 5.1 supports only Apache 2.0 or Apache 1.3"

???

Ken Ford - *ACE* wrote:
> Here's one:
>
> http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
>

Report · Sep 25, 2006

If you are concerned about specific versions, you should probably do a
manual install of each one.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.php

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/platform/windows.html

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/installing.html

--
Ken Ford
Adobe Community Expert

"John Doe" <jdoe_ns@telefonica.net> wrote in message
news:ef8li3$ris$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> thanks Ken
>
> just taking a look at it's content:
>
> # Apache 2.2.3
> # MySQL 5.0.24a
> # PHP 5.1.6 & PHP 4.4.4
>
> and remember a note in David's site:
>
> "Apache 2.2.2 and PHP—coming soon
>
> Many readers have asked about installing Apache 2.2.2. The simple answer
> is don't do it—at least not yet. The dynamic link library needed to run
> PHP on Apache 2.2 will be added to PHP 5.2.0, but the official Windows
> version of PHP 5.1 supports only Apache 2.0 or Apache 1.3"
>
> ???
>
> Ken Ford - *ACE* wrote:
>> Here's one:
>>
>> http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
>>

Report · Sep 25, 2006

John Doe wrote:
> Many readers have asked about installing Apache 2.2.2. The simple answer
> is don't do itï¿½at least not yet. The dynamic link library needed to run
> PHP on Apache 2.2 will be added to PHP 5.2.0, but the official Windows
> version of PHP 5.1 supports only Apache 2.0 or Apache 1.3"

Note two key points in that quote from my site:

1. I talk about "readers". The advice is aimed at readers of my books,
particularly "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8". I give detailed
instructions for installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL separately. My
instructions won't work with Apache 2.2 for the reason explained in the
next point.

2. I refer to the "official Windows version of PHP". The official
version (from php.net) does not support Apache 2.2. Support for Apache
2.2 will be added when PHP 5.2.0 is released, probably later this week.

A lot of people like XAMMP, which Ken recommended. I believe it's very
good, but it doesn't have the official backing of PHP. I find that
learning how to install the various programs yourself improves your
understanding of how they work. It's not difficult, but it does take a
little time and patience.

--
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Report · Sep 26, 2006

in fact i prefer a package because people doing the installation are
rather unexperienced dealing with server soft installation/maintenance

i'll take a look at xampp and easyphp

Ken Ford - *ACE* wrote:
> If you are concerned about specific versions, you should probably do a
> manual install of each one.
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.php
>
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/platform/windows.html
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/installing.html
>

Report · Sep 26, 2006

thanks for the info. i hadn't realized the advice was aimed at readers
of your book

David Powers wrote:

> John Doe wrote:
>
>> Many readers have asked about installing Apache 2.2.2. The simple
>> answer is don't do itï¿½at least not yet. The dynamic link library
>> needed to run PHP on Apache 2.2 will be added to PHP 5.2.0, but the
>> official Windows version of PHP 5.1 supports only Apache 2.0 or Apache
>> 1.3"
>
>
> Note two key points in that quote from my site:
>
> 1. I talk about "readers". The advice is aimed at readers of my books,
> particularly "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8". I give detailed
> instructions for installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL separately. My
> instructions won't work with Apache 2.2 for the reason explained in the
> next point.
>
> 2. I refer to the "official Windows version of PHP". The official
> version (from php.net) does not support Apache 2.2. Support for Apache
> 2.2 will be added when PHP 5.2.0 is released, probably later this week.
>
> A lot of people like XAMMP, which Ken recommended. I believe it's very
> good, but it doesn't have the official backing of PHP. I find that
> learning how to install the various programs yourself improves your
> understanding of how they work. It's not difficult, but it does take a
> little time and patience.

Report · Sep 27, 2006

David's book is definately the best source for PHP, Apache MySQL and Dreamweaver I have come across.

I spent hours failing to get them all talking and gave up, concentrating on ASP. I had to make a site then in PHP and the book made it very easily to set up.

I have a machine dedicated to ASP development and another machine dedicated to PHP development to keep thing clean. Last week I reformatted the machine with PHP and rebuilt everything.

I installed Apache 2.2, with PHP 4.4.4 and now when I add the the line:

LoadModule php4_module c:/php4/php4apache2.dll

the Apache server wont start. If I # the line then Apache runs but cannot parse php pages.

All the dll's are correctly placed in the c:/php4 folder, but no joy.

I'm going to put Apche 2.0 on the machine instead today to see if it works.

cheers

Report · Sep 27, 2006

Macnimation wrote:
> David's book is definately the best source for PHP, Apache MySQL and
> Dreamweaver I have come across.

Thank you.

> I installed Apache 2.2, with PHP 4.4.4 and now when I add the the line:
>
> LoadModule php4_module c:/php4/php4apache2.dll

PHP 4.4.4 doesn't support Apache 2.2. Different DLL files are required
for each version of Apache. When PHP 5.2.0 is released it will contain
php5apache.dll (for Apache 1.3), php5apache2.dll (for Apache 2.0), and
php5apache2_2.dll (for Apache 2.2).

I have no idea if there are any plans to create a version of
php4apache2_2.dll, but I strongly doubt it. All the PHP development
effort is now devoted to PHP 5 and 6. Updates to PHP 4 are made only for
security and bug fixes.

--
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Report · Sep 27, 2006

Your very Welcome!

I don't suppose you would consider writing a book on how to create a complete online quiz/test/polls/survey etc, complete with LMS using PHP and MySQL ??

There is a huge market for it and I find the ready made solutions don't meet all requirements, usually just a few and are a horror to customise!! Building one from scratch would be very useful and a good learning curve for PHP development.

Oh, I installed Apache 2.0.59 and all is back to normal now and well in the world.

Cheers for the help.

Report · Sep 27, 2006

Macnimation wrote:
> I don't suppose you would consider writing a book on how to create a complete
> online quiz/test/polls/survey etc, complete with LMS using PHP and MySQL ??

I'll consider any reasonable request as long as there is a decent market
for it. The problem is that writing books is a time consuming process.
Even if I started work on such a project tomorrow (which I can't, due to
other commitments), it would take the best part of a year before it
might be published. By LMS, I presume you mean Learning Management System.

> Oh, I installed Apache 2.0.59 and all is back to normal now and well in the
> world.

Glad to hear it.

--
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/