Recently I had a nessecity to quickly setup PHP development environment. I've read a couple of HOW-TO articles, and since it was not so easy to install IIS on my laptop, I decided to download and install Xitami 2.5 web-server. PHP 5.20 installer claims that it will configure this server automatically, but apparently it does not (I suspect that it was because I've installed everything to %Program Files%). Ok, there was a manual step-by-step instruction, but it also doesn't work very well. At the end of the day, I found the following:
- If you specify php-cgi.exe as a filter for .php-extension, it will not work with aliases, only with real directories under your web-root
- If you use php.exe, it will work with your aliases, but it $_GET and $_POST will always be empty
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Another option is to install Apache and configure it handle PHP.
Absolutely - if you know how to configure apache :)
Just install Apache from its msi/exe distribution package. No special configuration required, just follow the setup.
You can find the appropriate build as:
http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
Next, install the PHP, just by unzipping its package.
Then, edit Apache config as written at accompanied documentation, for instance, for Apache 2.x:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.apache2.php
10 minutes task.
btw, you could use the same Apache instance for Tomcat, Proxy and web sever.
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