Comments on: How to install Apache 2/PHP 5/MySQL 5 under Windows XP

By: James

James — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:32:23 +0000

Well spotted Coenraad – typo is now fixed.

Sorry it took so long to approve your comment – I have been severely neglecting the blog of late and have just moderated 321 comments, all but 2 of which were spam.

By: Coenraad de Beer

Coenraad de Beer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:28:38 +0000

Hi James, I saved your guide 2 years ago when I installed PHP and Apache for the very first time, just in case I needed it again for a fresh install on another computer (because I found it very helpful then). So it came in handy again when I had to install them on my Laptop as well.

Everything worked fine but I struggled for hours to get PHP and MySQL to hook up in order to run phpMyAdmin. The problem was a typo in your guide extension-dir should be extension_dir otherwise you will never be able to use phpMyAdmin.

I guess that’s the reason why Ryan couldn’t get PHP to pick up the mysql libraries. See comment: (http://www.jamestopp.com/dfym/2006/01/29/how-to-install-apache-2php-5mysql-5-under-windows-xp-home-sp2/#comment-98)

I was able to get MySQL to work on the previous installation, but never found out why. I guess at some point I must have replaced php.ini with the original one and only replaced the path instead of the whole entry.

It would be great if you can fix this typo because this is really a helpful guide.

By: Nor Aziah

Nor Aziah — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:10:58 +0000

Thanks a lot James for your simple and straight forward installation guide. Finally I got all three running. I almost give up. Other tutorial seem more complicated. Thanks for your effort.

By: david

david — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:15:05 +0000

After many attempts with other tutorials, I’m glad to have found your support site.

Finally have the trio working and I can catch up on sleep!

Thank you!

By: shegun babs

shegun babs — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:28:48 +0000

if Apache and PHP aren’t talking after adding ‘LoadModule php5_module c:/php5/php5apache2.dll’ in the httpd.conf file try changing the module file to php5apache2_2.dll

By: tenz

tenz — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:13:37 +0000

thanks! i tried it like a million times before setting my eyes on this. yours was the only article on the web that helped. thanks again!!

By: Terry Jones

Terry Jones — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:42:45 +0000

Great set of instruction please incorporate the following info into the instructions PHP4 had MySql support built in so it would by default show up in the output of the phpinfo()script. PHP5 does not have built in support for MySql so unless futher configuration is done the MySql information will not show up in the ouput of the phpinfo()script.
I used the following set of software for my installation
1)php5.2.3
2)mysql5
3)apache2.0.59
4)operating sysyem Windows XP Pro with service pack2.
I found a post on a forum that I think would solve a lot of problems for users of php5. It work for me. Please give me feedback if this post help anyone else.The answer is not my work. My email address is terryjones130@msn.com

http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread678313.html

By: gary

gary — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:05:11 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to do this! Was getting in a right mess following differing tutorials from all over the net, so uninstalled everything and followed this all the way through, worked perfect!

Thanks again!

By: Spiridon Adrian

Spiridon Adrian — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:35:16 +0000

Still MySql doesen’t appers in phpinfo() :((

By: aditya

aditya — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:10:41 +0000

i am getting error…….help people
me almost dead by installing it!!!

127.0.0.1 – - [22/May/2007:18:37:25 +0530] “GET /phpinfo.php HTTP/1.1″ 404 209

[Tue May 22 18:37:25 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] script ‘E:/Aditya/apache/htdocs/phpinfo.php’ not found or unable to stat