Installing PHP on Windows
- Go to the PHP website and download the zip file.
- Make sure the zip file contains the dll for the correct version of the Apache.
- Extract the zip file to a location that does not contain spaces.
Configuring APACHE for PHP
Open httpd.conf for editing. You can access this file through the menu at Start -> Programs -> Apache HTTPD Server -> Configure Apache Server -> Edit the Apache httpd.conf File
Configure Apache to load the PHP module.
- Find the LoadModule section.
- Add the following line to LoadModule_ php5module “[path to php5apache2_4.dl in the PHP folder]”. This would be something Like "D:/Softwares/php/php5apache2_4.dll". Make sure that you use forward slashes.
Configure Apache to recognize PHP extensions.
- Find the AddType section.
- Add the following line AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Restart the APACHE server.
If you see errors, check the Apache error.log
Configuring PHP
- Copy php.ini to the Windows directory.
- Open php.ini for editing.
- Set your local timezone.
- Find this line; date.timezone = and remove the semicolon in front of it.
- Find the timezone code from Php timezones and add the code for the timezone after the = sign.
- Restart the APACHE server.