How to Install PHP and MySQL Under Windows XP

A Review: by cityPCservice

Do you want to learn how to install PHP and MySQL in Windows XP? This White Paper download describes and instructs precisely how to install PHP and MySQL (open-source) in a Windows XP environment. Documented in PDF, the author provides an excellent step-by-step instruction, details all the software applications the environmentals needed, resource allocations required, and software download sites. The website download location for the PHP Windows Binaries for Windows XP (Home and Pro) are detailed in this document, and all the software required is FREE.

In this document download, the author does well in details and screen shots, but falls a bit short on the document's layout. He does do a well job in providing all the links to download the FREE software. He also points out and warns of possible problematic installation areas, and offers work-around tips and other extremely useful information. The author makes use of sharing personal experience (a big plus ) and offers recommendations related to that experience.

Here is a sample text of the full instructions:
The author also make very good use of images and graphics to help the user:



What could have been improved upon by the author?
Document Layout. The document has been publishd in PDF format, but utilizes a "newspaper/newsletter" layout with columns. -->Bad!<-- The columns need to be eliminated. The information need to be presented in standard User-Friendly PDF format, without the use of columns. In a lengthy PDF document, the use of columns require the reader to contually scroll down, and then back up -- causing loss of concentration, loss of focus, and just overall annoying.

On a scale of one to ten (with 1 as the worst and 10 as perfect), I would grade this White Paper as a nine ( 9 ) -- a ten point Rating wouldn't be appropriate due to the page layout. But nevertheless he did an excellent job in documentation.

Okay, so where do I download it at?
ZDNet.com recently released a link to the White Paper, however, their link is wrong and has been broken. The proper link to this document, in PDF format that is 7-pages in length can be downloaded here at CompuForums. To download these instructions, login (or Register as a Member) and click on the attachment download at the bottom of this post.

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PHP and MySQL are classified as "Open-Source" applications, or utilities. Traditionally, PHP and MySQL have been installed under Unix/Linux Operating Systems. This above White Paper detail the installation of these two software applications on a Windows platform. The information presented in the White Paper is very useful to both developers and beginners. For example, many people don't even know that PHP and MySQL can be installed in a Windows environment, or that their Windows -based PC can operate Open-Source software.

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