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PHP MySQL Install

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  • 31-03-2009 1:44pm
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    pudgey22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭


    Hi,
    What's the best way to install PHP software?
    Also, can i install it while having IIS installed or do i need to remove it?
    I'm very new to it but am interested in learning to program using PHP rather than using Visual Studio Express.
    Any help appreciated..


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    LowOdour
    Registered Users Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭LowOdour


    Yeah, you can have both installed but I know I can have both running at the same time while developing.

    Get Wamp
    www.wampserver.com/en/.

    You will need to stop your IIS running when your working with wamp. You can do it from the command line using iisreset. If you are doing it remotely you will need to tag on pc name onto that.


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    pudgey22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭pudgey22


    Great, thanks for that, i'll get working on that!


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    cython
    Registered Users Posts: 4,769 ✭✭✭cython


    If you have IIS installed, you can also integrate PHP with it (see http://ie.php.net/install.windows). You don't have to use apache, although it can be the better platform. It could come down to whatever option is handiest for you.


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    forbairt
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    personally I prefer apache but thats down to .htaccess / .htpasswd

    What you'll probably want to do if you've got IIS and Wamp (if thats the route you're going down) installed is to install Wamp on a different port ... (once you've installed it edit your httpd.conf and change the default listening port to something other than 80 . ( or vice versa in IIS ) or you'll probably have conflicts and one or the other won't run


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