Conventionally, Apache is installed before PHP. However, it will make no difference to us to install PHP now, and even makes the chapter easier to follow as we can then deal with the Apache installation and configuration in one place without having to jump around. The PHP homepage is http://www.php.net/ and contains absolutely everything you need to know about PHP, from the various projects they have on the go, to the downloads, user groups,
Unlike MySQL, we are going to download the .zip
file instead of the .msi
file as shown here (if you do not currently have a utility to handle ZIP files, check out http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm and download the trial version of WinZip. Alternatively, you can always use Google to search for a free ZIP file utility):
Click PHP5.0.4zippackage
to open a list of mirrors to choose from. Once you have done so, download the package, and sit back and relax while you wait.