Herat University

Faculty of Computer Science

Manually Installing Apache Server

Php,Mysql & PhpMyAdmin on Windows

Prepared by: Khosrow Kian & Zalmai Arman

Requirements Latest Version:

Ms Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) - Windows 32bit

Ms Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) - Windows 64bit

Or

Ms Visual C++ 2012 x86, x64 Redistributable Package Windows 32bit and 64bit.

Apache Server 2.4 win64

Apache Server 2.4 win32

php-5.5.16-Win32-VC11-x64

php-5.5.16-Win32-VC11-x64

Requirements Latest Version:

Apache Server 2.4 win64

Apache Server 2.4 win32

php-5.5.16-Win32-VC11-x64

php-5.5.16-Win32-VC11-x64

phpMyAdmin-4.2.7.1-all-languages mysql-5.6.20-win32_2

mysql-5.6.20-winx64

Manually Installing Apache Server on Windows

To be able to run Apache 2.2 and 2.4 VC10, Visual Studio C++ 2010 SP1 must be

installed on our system.

Create a new folder in C Drive name it "Apache" extract the httpd zip file to anywhere

on your computer and then copy all files and folders over into "C:\Apache" - Navigate to "C:\Apache\conf" folder, double click "httpd.conf" to open it.

Find the Server Root: on line 37

ServerRoot "c:/Apache24” change it to ServerRoot "c:/Apache”

Find the Server Admin: on line 209

ServerAdmin admin@example.com change it to localhost

Manually Installing Apache Server on Windows

Find the Server Name: on line 218

www.example.com:80 change it to localhost:80

Find the DocumentRoot and Directory : on line 242 & 243

DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/htdocs"

<Directory "c:/Apache24/htdocs">

change it to

DocumentRoot "c:/Apache/htdocs"

<Directory "c:/Apache/htdocs">

Find the cgi-bin Directory: on line: 375 - <Directory "c:/Apache24/cgi-bin"> change it

to <Directory "c:/Apache/cgi-bin">

Save the configuration file.

Manually Installing Apache Server on Windows

Installing

Now, go to the Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories, right-click "Command

Prompt" and then click "Run as Administrator"

Navigate to the Apache's bin folder by typing "cd \apache\bin" in the Command shell

and then press Enter, type in "httpd -k install" to install the Apache service and then

press Enter. If you got any error displayed here, you should fix them first before you

try to start the Apache Server. To start the Apache Server simply type in "httpd -k

start" and then press Enter.

Open your browser and navigate to "http://localhost"

Manually Installing Apache Server on Windows

Uninstall Apache

Open Command Prompt with administrator right (Start Menu > All Programs >

Accessories, right-click "Command Prompt" and then click "Run as Administrator")

type in "cd \apache\bin" and press Enter, first we will stop the Apache server, type in

"httpd -k stop" and then press Enter. Next type in "httpd -k uninstall" to uninstall the

Apache Service.

How to install PHP on Windows

Before installing PHP you need to install Apache Server first and make sure that it's

running properly.

Once you've php zip file, unzip it to wherever you want.

Create a new folder in "C:\Apache" name it "php" so the path to the folder is

"C:\Apache\php"

Copy all files and folders you've unzipped over to "C:\Apache\php".

In the folder "C:\Apache\php" find and rename "php.ini-production" to "php.ini"

Double click the php.ini to open it and find the following line:

Find the doc_root: on line 710

Add path to the Document Root, you can find it in your Apache configuration file:

doc_root = change it to doc_root="c:/Apache/htdocs"

How to install PHP on Windows

Find the Server Root: on line 37

ServerRoot "c:/Apache24” change it to ServerRoot "c:/Apache”

Find the extension_dir: on line 721

;extension_dir = “ext” change it to extension_dir=“c:\apache\php\ext”

Create a new folder in "C:\Apache" name it "temp" inside the "temp" folder create 2

folders name them "upload" and "session" Now we got 2 new folders, they are

"C:\Apache\temp\upload" and "C:\Apache\temp\session“

Find the upload_tmp_dir: on line 791

;upload_tmp_dir = change it to upload_tmp_dir = "C:\Apache\temp\upload"

How to install PHP on Windows

Find the session.save_path : on line 1390

;session.save_path = “/tmp” change it to session.save_path = "C:\Apache\temp\session"

Adding PHP to the System Path.

Open up System Properties, to open it right click

My Computer and then click Properties, in the

Control Panel Home menu click Advanced System

Settings.

In the Advanced tab click on Environment Variables.

How to install PHP on Windows

Adding PHP to the System Path.

In the "System Variable" double click "Path“

variable to edit it, add path "C:\Apache\php“

into the Variable value, click OK to save the

configuration.

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;

%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;

%SYSTEMROOT%

\System32\WindowsPowerShell\

v1.0\C:\Apache\php

The Computer must be restarted to take effect.

Connecting the Apache Server with PHP.

To connect the Apache Server with PHP we need to edit the Apache Configuration

file located at C:\Apache\conf\httpd.conf

Add index.php to the line on line 276

Connecting the Apache Server with PHP.

Add the following lines between <IfModule mime_module> and </ IfModule>

after line 404

ScriptAlias /php/ "C:/Apache/php/"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php5

Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"

SetEnv PHPRC "C:/Apache/php"

Connecting the Apache Server with PHP.

Add the following lines to the end of the httpd.conf

PHPIniDir "C:/Apache/php/“

LoadModule php5_module "C:/Apache/php/php5apache2_4.dll“

Restart Apache Server.

4

Connecting the Apache Server with PHP.

Test PHP

Open up Notepad, copy and paste the code below:

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

Save the file into Apache document root "c:/Apache/htdocs" as "phpinfo.php“

Open up browser, in the address bar type in "http://localhost/phpinfo.php" and then

press Enter.

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows

How to install MySQL on Windows Test MySQL from the Command prompt

Open up Command prompt by clicking Start menu, in the search box type in "cmd"

and then press "Enter" In the command shell type in:

Type in "\q" to quit MySQL and then

"exit" to exit the Command prompt.

Connecting PHP with MySQL Open up PHP Configuration file located at "C:\Apache\php\php.ini" under the

Dynamic Extensions find the extensions below:

Uncomment the extensions by removing the semicolon ";" in front of them: on line 875 & 876

Save the file and restart Apache Server.

Testing MySQL Open up Notepad, copy and paste the following codes, Enter your MySQL password and save

the file into the Apache Document Root "c:/Apache/htdocs" as “info.php"

<?php

$dbServer='localhost';

$dbUser='root';

$dbPass=''; // our password was null.

$dbName='test';

$link = mysql_connect("$dbServer", "$dbUser", "$dbPass") or die("Could not connect to

MySQL");

print "<h1>Connected to MySQL successfully</h1>";

mysql_select_db("$dbName") or die("Could not Select Database");

print "<h2>Database selected successfully</h2>";

mysql_close($link);

?>

Testing MySQL

Open up browser, in the address bar type in "http://localhost/info.php" and then hit Enter.

How to install phpMyAdmin on Windows

Extract the zip file to the Apache Document Root (c:/Apache/htdocs). Rename the folder to

"PhpMyAdmin" so the path to the folder is “c:/Apache/htdocs\PhpMyAdmin"

In the PhpMyAdmin folder find and rename "config.sample.inc.php“ to "config.inc.php"

Open config.inc.php with Text editor (Notepad).

Find the line below: on line 29

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';

And replace these lines:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = „ ';

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';

And line 38 must be true: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

Save the file.

Open up PHP configuration file located at "C:\Apache\php\php.ini" find the extension below: on line

873

;extension=php_mbstring.dll change it to extension=php_mbstring.dll

How to install phpMyAdmin on Windows Open browser, in the address bar type in "http://localhost/phpmyadmin/"

How to install phpMyAdmin on Windows At the bottom of the page you might see a warning message about

phpMyAdmin configuration storage.

The phpMyAdmin needs a database to store data and information. The database can be

imported from the phpMyAdmin installation folder using phpMyAdmin we've just installed.

At the top of the phpMyAdmin window click "Import"

How to install phpMyAdmin on Windows In the "File to Import" browse to " c:/Apache/htdocs\PhpMyAdmin

\examples\create_tables.sql" and then click "GO" to start importing the

database.