Installing Apache in Windows XP
There are two ways to setup your own server in Windows XP. The first is to install Microsoft ISS and the second one is to install Apache. A few years back, installing Apache into a XP box can drive a noob to commit suicide . But now things go smarter and easier. It will not take you more than 10 minutes to install Apache in Win XP.
The Apache friends community has created what they call XAMPP, a complete package of MySQL, PHP and Perl. The good thing is, they also come up with XAMPP lite version, which means you can download the package, extract and run it without installing anything. Thus, you can copy the XAMPP folder into your USB drive and setup your server anywhere you want!
As a blogger or programmer, having a server running in your desktop PC is a great advantage. You can learn how to code, test script and design web in faster way. So why don’t you build it now?
Now the tutorial part
First download the XAMPP package from Apache friends website. I’ll use the lite version for this tutorial.
After finish downloading, just double click the compressed file and it will ask you where to extract the file. To make it simple, choose C: as the destination path
Then browse to C:\xampplite and you should see an application called xampp-control. Fire it up. Click on the start button to start the Apache and MySQL services.
Congratulations! Now you already have Apache and MySQL running in your pc. Try to open your Internet Browser and type in http://localhost/ in the address bar. You should get the XAMPP menu page. If you fail, try checking the firewall setting; make sure that it’s not blocking the Apache service.
In case you want to install any web application [forum,wordpress,etc],just placed them in the htdoc folder. Lastly, don’t forget to read the manual! Have fun.
Watch my test-blog running in localhost:
