Coding & scripting: CANNOT get Apache, PHP and MYSQL working on my system. :(
CANNOT get Apache, PHP and MYSQL working on my system. :(
by jaysnanavati - 2/13/07 2:20 AMHello,
My name is Jay Nanavati and I am lately trying to get Apache, PHP and MYSQL working on my system.
My System Specifications are
Windows XP Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Dell Dimension 3100
Pentium 4 CPU 2.80 GHz
512 Ram
80 gigabytes of Hard drive
ATI RADEON 9000
The Probelem that I am having is I am successful in downloading and installing Apache but when it comes to configuring Apache so it can serve PHP I am not able to do that therefore I am also not able to set up MYSQL.
I have been trying this for 3 months now and I am fedup of not being able to do this. I have followed more then 20 tutorials ,taken advise from my freinds, Tried asking on forums but I a, not successful.
It would be very nice if CNET helps me. Please try to post a brief tutorial on CNET and it would be wonderful if CNET tries to create a vidieo tutorial. I am also aware that many people would also want HELP.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME
Jay Nanavati
The one big thing I ran into was...
by R. Proffitt
- 2/13/07 8:31 AM
In reply to: CANNOT get Apache, PHP and MYSQL working on my system. :( by jaysnanavati
XP SP2's firewall. I had to open the ports used by MYSQL and other items. Sorry this is not an offer to fix your issue but to share what I ran into.
Bob
Xampp?
by dmdzine - 2/14/07 9:41 AM In reply to: CANNOT get Apache, PHP and MYSQL working on my system. :( by jaysnanavatiHave you tried Xampp yet?
Coolest utility ever http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
Also your firewall may have to be manually configured, but Xampp took care of all of the issues that I had trying to configure these components on Windows.
Do yourself a favor and disable your firewall.
by blazin_it_alwyz - 2/15/07 9:46 PM In reply to: CANNOT get Apache, PHP and MYSQL working on my system. :( by jaysnanavatiI actually JUST got my server to work on my comp, you should use xampp,
www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
trust me just download this and everything will pretty much configure itself.
I finished that in a matter of minutes....
The tough part was getting my program to work with the server, omg that took me a whole month to figure out.
But ya if you have Windows with SP2, do us a favor and disable their firewall, and just get that stuff configured.
If you don't know what I mean about firewall, go to control panel, switch to classic view, and and look for security center or windows firewall, disable it.
And instead of using that LAME firewall, download Firefox, it will protect you better than that firewall, and if you want download another firewall, I use Zone Alarm, one of the best. Tell me how it goes.
Try another OS
by haraldguenther - 3/2/07 10:57 PM In reply to: CANNOT get Apache, PHP and MYSQL working on my system. :( by jaysnanavatiHi;
About a year ago I also tried setting up this combination on my Win2000 server. I just wanted to see if it I could get it working. I couldn't get it to work either. It was the PHP with Apache thing that I just could not get going.
You probably don't want to consider losing more time learning something new but hear me out. Rather than trying to fit into the MS XP proprietary loop get UBUNTU linux (http://www.ubuntu.com/). Install it on an old machine (my web, php, mysql server, otherwise known as LAMP server, is an old Pentium 3 400 with 386 meg ram and it runs great. Oh I also run a samba server to connect to my other Windows/Game machines). The WIKI, community documentation (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Servers/)is great and covers all aspects of this exact setup in a step by step manner.
I have to say that I moved to Linux exactly because Microsoft does not play well with Open Source ideals (php,apache,mysql are all open source projects). I spent many many hours trying to make MS work with IIS, ASP, Frontpage, vbscript, etc on a limited budget but always ran into blockages where either I had to purchase some other peice of software or I needed to upgrade my hardware to be able to handle their programs. I got sick of it so I started exploring other options. I took the many, many lost hours and invested them in learning something new and I have never looked back (that was about seven years ago).
You are lucky in that now, finally, there is a version of linux that is fairly easy to install and use. It is extremely stable and the learning curve is a lot less than it was even one year ago.
In the end, I have put those wasted hours into learning how to create active web content instead of trying to figure out how to make MS wizards and bottle-necks bend to my needs.
I am a hand coder in that I like to have complete control of my scripting so I don't use a wysywig web creation program but that doesn't mean that you can't use one on your windows machine and just copy it to your Linux server via samba(windows shares).
Here is what I personally use.
For entering code I use an editor called Quanta+. For managing my MySQL server I use phpmyadmin. For apache I just edit the httpd.conf myself (a couple changes from the default is all I need).
There are a lot of web tools and advice out there in the Linux/Unix world since these OS's are the internet's backbone anyway.
If you want to know more I will be happy to provide links and any help I can to get you started.
You could be up and running with a web development server in just a few hours.
Think about it.(?)
Sorry for the rant, but I really think it was the best solution for me and I'm enthusiastic about the open source world as a result.
Just trying to help.
Good Luck.
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